Nessus Network Auditing FROM THE PUBLISHER
Ever since its beginnings in early 1998, the Nessus Project has attracted security researchers from all walks of life. It continues this growth today. It has been adopted as a de facto standard by the security industry, many of whom rely on Nessus as the foundation to their security practices. Now, Nessus Project Founder Renaud Deraison and a team of leading developers have created the definitive book for the Nessus community.
SYNOPSIS
The ONLY Book to Read if You Run Nessus Across the Enterprise
Ever since its beginnings in early 1998, the Nessus Project has attracted
security researchers from all walks of life. It continues this growth today. It
has been adopted as a de facto standard by the security industry, vendor, and
practitioner alike, many of whom rely on Nessus as the foundation to their
security practices. Now, Nessus project founder Renaud Deraison and
a team of leading developers have created the definitive book for the Nessus
community.
* Perform a Vulnerability AssessmentUse Nessus to find programming errors
that allow intruders to gain unauthorized access.
* Obtain and Install Nessus Install from source or binary, set up up
clients and user accounts, and update your plug-ins.
* Modify the Preferences TabSpecify the options for Nmap and other
complex, configurable components of Nessus.
* Understand Scanner Logic and Determine Actual RiskPlan your scanning
strategy and learn what variables can be changed.
* Prioritize VulnerabilitiesPrioritize and manage critical
vulnerabilities, information leaks, and denial of service errors.
* Deal with False PositivesLearn the different types of false positives
and the differences between intrusive and nonintrusive tests.
* Get Under the Hood of NessusUnderstand the architecture and design of
Nessus and master the Nessus Attack Scripting Language (NASL).
* Scan the Entire Enterprise NetworkPlan for enterprise deployment by
gauging network bandwith and topology issues.
Your Solutions Membership Gives You Access to:Comprehensive FAQ
page that consolidates all of the key points of this book into an easy to search
web page"From the Author" Forum where the authors post timely updates and
links to related sitesThe complete code listings from the book
These downloadable e-booklets:Dealing with the Data: Snort 2.1 Intrusion
Detection Introducing Ethereal: Ethereal Packet SniffingDefining
Perimeter and Internal Segments: Security Sage's Guide to Hardening Network
InfrastructureSeattle, Washington: The Mezonic Agenda: Hacking the
Presidency
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