Executing the Nessus Vulnerabilities scanner

After the install, if you are running on Linux, you can execute the "/etc/init.d/nessusd start" command; this tool is accessed through the browser at https://127.0.0.1:8834 and then is entered the user account activated during the installation process.

Once in the main interface of Nessus, you must enter the user's access data. Then, you must access the Scans tab, which can be seen in the image and the option of Basic Network Scan is selected:

When this selection is made, the interface is opened where the scanner's objective must be established, be it a computer or a network, the scanner's policy ...

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