Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook - Third Edition

How to do it...

1. First, we will launch msfconsole and load the nessus plugin:

msf > load nessus [*] Nessus Bridge for Metasploit[*] Type nessus_help for a command listing[*] Successfully loaded plugin: Nessusmsf > 

2. By running the nessus_help command, we can display all the available commands:

msf > nessus_help Command                     Help Text-------                     ---------Generic                     Commands -----------------           -----------------nessus_connect              Connect to a Nessus servernessus_logout               Logout from the Nessus servernessus_login                Login into the connected Nesssus server with a different username and passwordnessus_save                 Save credentials of the logged in user ...Scan                        Commands -----------------           -----------------nessus_scan_list            List of all current Nessus scansnessus_scan_new Create ...