Re: Mac OSX Nessus Question

Ron Gula <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.nessus.general
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Simon Taplin wrote:
> Does Nessus on OS X have the ability to use nmap/nicto/etc from
> Macportsif the paths are correct or is it just the Linux versions?

I've not personally configured nmap or nikto on a Mac, but there is
nothing that prevents Nessus from calling those tools as long as they
are configured in the path.

A good description on how to set up Nessus and Nikto on UNIX (it is
not Mac specific) is here:

http://ma75.blogspot.com/2008/05/en-calling-nikto-from-nessus.html

Ron Gula
Tenable Network Security
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