Step 1 :



Go to the following link to download you copy of Nessus.



http://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/select-your-operating-system



For 32-bit :

wget "http://downloads.nessus.org/nessus3dl.php?file=Nessus-5.2.1-ubuntu1110_i386.deb&licence_accept=yes&t=8bd3179e2669137382555cb07611a795&__utma=96148739.876193166.1369081770.1369081770.1369084100.2&__utmb=96148739.3.10.1369084100&__utmc=96148739&__utmx=-&__utmz=96148739.1369084100.2.2.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=(not%20provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=236900745" -O Nessus-5.2.1-ubuntu1110_i386.deb



For 64-bit :

wget "http://downloads.nessus.org/nessus3dl.php?file=Nessus-5.2.1-ubuntu1110_amd64.deb&licence_accept=yes&t=8bd3179e2669137382555cb07611a795&__utma=96148739.876193166.1369081770.1369081770.1369084100.2&__utmb=96148739.3.10.1369084100&__utmc=96148739&__utmx=-&__utmz=96148739.1369084100.2.2.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=(not%20provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=236900745" -O Nessus-5.2.1-ubuntu1110_amd64.deb



Step 2 :



sudo dpkg -i Nessus-5.2.1-ubuntu1110_i386.deb



or



sudo dpkg -i Nessus-5.2.1-ubuntu1110_adm64.deb



Go to the following link to register your Nessus Plugin feed :



http://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/nessus-homefeed



sudo /etc/init.d/nessusd start



Point your Firefox to :



https://localhost:8834/



Follow the instructions on the browser.



Activate your Nessus plugin feed via the received email.



After that, you should disable the nessusd from being loaded automatically when bootup.



sudo update-rc.d nessusd disable



Step 3 :



To run it.



sudo /etc/init.d/nessusd start



Point your Firefox to :



https://localhost:8834/



That's all! See you.

• IPv6 is now supported on all platforms (including Windows)
• Nessus server support for Windows 8 and Windows 2012
• Add attachments within scan result reports
• Mac OS X preference pane
• Digitally-signed Nessus RPM packages for supporting distributions
• Smaller memory footprint and reduced disk space usage
• Faster, more responsive web interface (uses less bandwidth)
• No longer need to visit the Tenable website for an activation code!

Add Attachments to Scan Results

Information collected during the scan can now be included in the results as an attachment. The first iteration of attachments will be screenshots, but any attachment type can be included.

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

If Nessus discovers Remote Desktop Protocol on a target, a screenshot is taken. This can reveal information such as the operating system version and the currently-logged-on user.

VNC

If Nessus discovers a target is running VNC without a password to restrict access, a screenshot is included in the results. The above example shows the system using a web browser to visit the www.tenable.com website.

Websites

For Internet-connected web servers, Nessus will take a screenshot of the website as if you visited the website using a web browser. This feature is useful to identify the applications you are testing, including making sure you are testing the correct virtual host.

Mac OS X Preference Pane

The addition of a Nessus server preference pane in OS X allows the user to stop and start the Nessus server process and configure whether or not Nessus is started at boot time.

Getting Nessus 5.2