nessus-fetch (1) Linux Manual Page
nessus-fetch – A simple utility to retrieve plugins from www.nessus.org
Synopsis
nessus-fetch –plugins nessus-fetch –plugins-md5 nessus-fetch –register <code> nessus-fetch –check nessus-fetch –url <url> <localfile> [<http_login> <http_password>]Description
nessus-fetch is a simple utility is used by nessus-update-plugins to fetch the newest Nessus plugins from www.nessus.org and to register a Nessus installation with plugins.nessus.org. It can also be used to retrieve arbitrary files from third party servers.Options
- –register <code>
- Register the current Nessus installation to http://plugins.nessus.org. Registering entitles you to receive a complete feed of the newest Nessus plugins. To register, an activation code is required. Please see http://plugins.nessus.org for more details on how to get such a code.
- –check
- Makes sure that nessus-fetch is properly configured to receive a direct plugin feed from plugins.nessus.org by attempting to login into the remote server with the username and password obtained with nessus-fetch –register. Please see http://plugins.nessus.org for more details on how to get a direct plugin feed.
- –plugins-md5
- Obtains the MD5 of the remote plugin archive. Depending if the user registered or not, the file will be fetched from www.nessus.org or plugins.nessus.org. A file named ‘all-2.0.tar.gz.md5’ will be created in the current working directory.
- –plugins
- Obtains the newest Nessus plugins from www.nessus.org or plugins.nessus.org, as well as their signature file. The files ‘all-2.0.tar.gz’ and ‘all-2.0.tar.gz.sig’ will be created in the current working directory.
- –url <url> <localfile> [<http_login> <http_password>]
- Retrieves the file located at <url> (ie: http://www.nessus.org/index.html) and stores in in <localfile>. An optional http login and passwords can be provided if the remote server requires Basic authentication.