Re: custom nessus frontend

["JiPi DiNi" <jipidini () gmail com>]

Hi Robin,

If I was you, I would contact them first since what you are doing
seems to be breaking the license agreement...

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On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Robin Wood <dninja () gmail com> wrote:
> Hi
> I'd like to have a go at writing a custom client for nessus to go with
> an app I'm creating. I've been trying to find docs on how to do it, or
> at least an API, but can't find anything. I assumed that as it was a
> client server model that there would be some kind of published API but
> I'm guessing as it is now closed source maybe there isn't.
>
> I could use nasl and call that but I'd rather interact directly with the server.
>
> Can anyone point me at something I've missed or give me some pointers?
>
> Thanks
>
> Robin
>
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