Nessus network auditing [[electronic resource] /] / Jay Beale

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782958903321
• Autore: Beale Jay
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Rockland, MA, : Syngress, c2004
• ISBN: 1-281-05587-5; 9786611055875; 0-08-047962-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (545 p.)
• Disciplina: 004.6; 005.8
• Soggetti: Computer networks - Auditing; Computer networks - Security measures
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Vulnerability Assessment; Introducing Nessus; Installing Nessus; Running Your First Scan; Interpreting Results; Vulnerability Types; False Positives; Under the Hood; The Nessus Knowledge Base; Enterprise Scanning; NASL; The Nessus User Community; The NASL2 Reference Manual; Utilizing Domain Credentials to Enhance Nessus Scans; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book focuses on installing, configuring and optimizing Nessus, which is a remote security scanner for Linux, BSD, Solaris, and other Unices. It is plug-in-based, has a GTK interface, and performs over 1200 remote security checks. It allows for reports to be generated in HTML, XML, LaTeX, and ASCII text, and suggests solutions for security problems. As with many open source programs, Nessus is incredibly popular, incredibly powerful, and incredibly under-documented. There are many Web sites (including nessus.org) where thousands of users congregate to share tips, tricks, and hints, yet no