Content preview from Hands-On Web Penetration Testing with Metasploit
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Not really. Nessus can be installed on any server and you just need to provide the network IP and port with credentials for authentication. Metasploit will automatically authenticate with the remotely installed Nessus instance.
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Metasploit supports Nexpose, Nessus, and OpenVAS vulnerability scanners as pluggable modules. For other vulnerability scanners, you may have to code your own plugin module.
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Yes. You can use Nessus Professional with Metasploit. You just need to activate the Nessus Pro license first.
- The number of concurrent systems in scanning is the same as the number allowed as per your Nessus subscription.
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