nessusc - A Nessus client written in Perl
Launch an attack: nessusc --target=thost --user=user --password=password [ --host=nhost --port=port --proto=1.1 ] Print the plugin list: nessusc --plugins --user=user --password=password [ --host=nhost --port=port --proto=1.1 ] Print the nessus servers preferences: nessusc --prefs --user=user --password=password [ --host=nhost --port=port --proto=1.1 ] Print the nessus servers rules: nessusc --rules --user=user --password=password [ --host=nhost --port=port --proto=1.1 ]
The nessusc script is a frontend for the Net::Nessus::Client class, for use from the command line or within shell scripts.
The scripts known options are:
At startup the program will connect to the Nessus server running at machine nhost as user with the given password. The host option defaults to localhost, no defaults are set for the other options: You must set these.
Do not mismatch the host option with target!
Print the plugin list.
Print the list of preferences.
Print the list of rules.
Launch an attack against the host thost.
The Net::Nessus package is
Copyright (C) 1998 Jochen Wiedmann Am Eisteich 9 72555 Metzingen Germany Phone: +49 7123 14887 Email: joe@ispsoft.de All rights reserved.
You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file.
Net::Nessus::Client(3)
To install Net::Nessus::Client, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Net::Nessus::Client
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Net::Nessus::Client
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.