Interpreting Results
Introduction
Nessus is a tool designed to help you evaluate risk. “The proof of the pudding is in the eating,” it’s said, and ultimately the fruit of a vulnerability scanner is in the reports it outputs. For the Nessus scanner to be of any use, you must be able to read, interpret, and act on the data it generates. As anyone who’s worked much with the Nessus scanner will attest, this is no simple task.
In this section, think of reading Nessus reports as learning a new language. We consider how the reports have a background, history, and context; and how one can, and must, understand ...
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