Effective Nessus Scanning Techniques for Windows Networks

This paper is about using Nessus to scan Windows networks and various scenarios one might encounter. It does not talk about running Nessus from a Windows machine but on a Windows machine or network. In other words, Windows computers are targets. . . This paper is about using Nessus to scan Windows networks and various scenarios one might encounter. It does not talk about running Nessus from a Windows machine but on a Windows machine or network. In other words, Windows computers are targets.

Topics covered include:

Part I: Scan Types

1) Default scan
2) Nessus scan with admin rights
3) Nessus scan with access to registry
4) So how do we give Nessus that inside information

Part II: Configuration issues

1) Configuration on Nessus' end
2) Configuration on target' end
3) Why not use Administrator accounts?
4) Special account: nessus
5) Enhacements in a domain environment

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