Nessus Plug-ins

Now that you understand NASL specifics, this section will help you understand how some of the important NASL plug-ins work. Once you understand how some of the existing plug-ins work, you will be able to refer to them when you need to write your own. The Section 1.13.5 later in this chapter quickly recaps all steps necessary to write and install your own plug-in from scratch.

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