nessus-fetch(1)

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NAME

6       nessus-fetch - A simple utility to retrieve plugins from www.nessus.org
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SYNOPSIS

9       nessus-fetch --plugins
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13       nessus-fetch --register <code>
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15       nessus-fetch --check
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17       nessus-fetch --url <url> <localfile> [<http_login> <http_password>]
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DESCRIPTION

20       nessus-fetch  is  a  simple utility is used by nessus-update-plugins to
21       fetch the newest Nessus plugins from www.nessus.org and to  register  a
22       Nessus  installation  with  plugins.nessus.org.  It can also be used to
23       retrieve arbitrary files from third party servers.
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OPTIONS

28       --register <code>
29              Register the current Nessus installation to  http://plugins.nes‐
30              sus.org.  Registering entitles you to receive a complete feed of
31              the newest Nessus plugins. To register, an  activation  code  is
32              required.  Please see http://plugins.nessus.org for more details
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37              Makes sure that nessus-fetch is properly configured to receive a
38              direct  plugin  feed  from  plugins.nessus.org  by attempting to
39              login into the remote server  with  the  username  and  password
40              obtained  with nessus-fetch --register.  Please see http://plug‐
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45       --plugins-md5
46              Obtains  the  MD5 of the remote plugin archive. Depending if the
47              user registered or not, the file will be fetched  from  www.nes‐
48              sus.org or plugins.nessus.org. A file named 'all-2.0.tar.gz.md5'
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53              Obtains the newest Nessus plugins from www.nessus.org  or  plug‐
54              ins.nessus.org,  as  well  as  their  signature  file. The files
55              'all-2.0.tar.gz' and 'all-2.0.tar.gz.sig' will be created in the
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59       --url <url> <localfile> [<http_login> <http_password>]
60              Retrieves   the  file  located  at  <url>  (ie:  http://www.nes‐
61              sus.org/index.html) and stores in in  <localfile>.  An  optional
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PROXY SUPPORT

68       If you need to connect to the internet through  a  proxy,  nessus-fetch
69       can  be configured to use one. Simply edit the file nessus-fetch.rc and
70       add the following lines, changing the appropriate values  where  neces‐
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BUGS

82       nessus-fetch will not retrieve files bigger than 40MB.
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NESSUS PROJECT

90       The canonical place where you will find more information about the Nes‐
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AUTHORS

97       nessus-fetch is (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security
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102The Nessus Project               December 2004                       NESSUS(1)