Re: NESSUS

[Matthew Keller <kellermg () POTSDAM EDU>]

We use an SSI cluster (OpenMosix/Linux) to handle a number of network-
wide monitoring/crawling/scanning tasks. Nessus itself isn't very
clusterable as-is, so we run identical Nessus servers on the cluster
nodes, and a control application we developed using the Perl Net::Nessus
module handles connecting to the cluster nodes, and subdividing the
network into smaller pieces for each node to work at. When a node is
done with its piece, it gets another piece- Kind of like how SETI@Home
works, if you've used it. Results are placed in a SQL database by the
control application.

On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 08:43 -0500, Chad McDonald wrote:
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> I amy trying to use Nessus to do a baseline vulnerability scan of our
> university network.  To date, I am not having much luck finding the
> right hardware that can support this large of a scan (20+ subnets) in
> a reasonable timeframe.  Before I make a purchase, could those of you
> using Nessus let me know what kind of hardware you have had success
> with?  My current "desktop pc" configuration running on Suse just
> doesn't fit the bill.
>
> Thanks,
> Chad McDonald, CISSP
> Chief Information Security Officer
> Georgia College & State University
> 478.445.4473  Office
> 478.454.8250 Cell
> 478.445.1202 Fax
>
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Matthew Keller
Enterprise Systems Analyst
Computing & Technology Services
State University of New York @ Potsdam
Potsdam, NY USA
http://mattwork.potsdam.edu/

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