Re: RE : Nessus reports (3.2.x versus 3.0.6), holes only, trend report, Nessconnect

Ron Gula <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.nessus.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Philippe,

We're not planning any changes to the Nessus 3.0.6 windows client. As I said
in my last email, a future version of the NessusClient will have support for
style sheets so you and any other Nessus user can write and share your own
reports formats.

Ron


Philippe wrote:
> Hi Ron,
> 
> Thank you very much for your detailed answer.
> I know that the Nessus scanner is one of the or maybe THE best scanner with a very competitive price. 
> Tenable Security Center is cheaper than other comparable solutions of competitors, nevertheless the price is still to high to manage 128 hosts, because the price is more interesting for 500 @IP or more (hi Erin ;-))
>  
> Do I dare to give a wish list, although I do not know if it is the right place ? I will dare but please tell me if another place is more suitable, and if the 2 following wishes are acceptable, and a very gross "ETA" if possible (one month, several months, never, ...).
> 
> * First wish
> In the version 2 XML report of Nessus 3.0.x (I hope x=7): add the name of the plugin.
> [in the .nessus report of Nessus 3.2, there is "PluginID" and "PluginName", in the .xml report of Nessus 3.0.6, there is only "id"].
> It would be great to have the plugin name in the report.
> But maybe the NessusClient 3.0.6 will never evolve.
> 
> * Secund wish
> With NessusClient 3.2.y (I hope y=2), be able (directly or via XSLT) to generate an HTML report like that:
> Summary part:
>  host1: 1 hole  5 warnings  10 notes  10 open ports
>  host2: 2 holes  15 warnings  30 notes  12 open ports
>  host3: 0 hole  1 warning  5 notes  2 open ports
> Detailed part:
>     List of holes of host 1:
>         ...
>     List of holes of host 2
>         ...
>         ...
>     List of holes of host 3
>     List of warnings of host 1
>     List of warnings of host 2
>     List of warnings of host 3
>     List of notes of host 1
>     List of notes of host 2
>     List of notes of host 3
> 
> The current report with NessusClient 3.2.1 is:
> List of hosts:
>     host1: High severity probleme(s) found
>     host2: High severity probleme(s) found
>     host3: Medium severity probleme(s) found
> Host1
>     summary for host1
>     all problems for host1
> Host2
>     summary for host2
>     all problems for host2
> Host2
>     summary for host3
>     all problems for host3
>     
> The goal of the secund wish is:
> - for the summary part: to have directly the numbers of problems for each kind (high/medium/low) + the number of open ports.
> - for the detailed part: to have first the high severity problems, that must be solved first, then after the medium, and finally the low.
> 
> Best regards.
> Philippe.
> 
> 
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