User guide

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Netmask ........ 255.255.252.0
Adapter# 0
Name............ lo
Real name ...... lo
IPv6 address ... ::1
IPv6 network ... ::1
IPv6 netmask ... ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff
Adapter# 1
Name............ eth1
Real name ...... eth1
IPv6 address ... fe80::250:56ff:fe10:76d
IPv6 network ... fe80::
IPv6 netmask ... ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::
Managing Advanced Settings
The nessuscli fix command has a series of options to manage the advanced settings on your Nessus scanner.
nessuscli fix also has a secure option for managing the advanced settings, which will act on the encrypted
preferences. These preferences contain information about registration.
For the following commands, you can use the --secure flag:
# /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fix --secure --list
# /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fix --secure --fix --set <setting name=value>
# /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fix --secure --get <setting>
# /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fix --secure --delete <setting>
To view the currently set advanced settings:
# /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli fix --list
qdb_mem_usage: low
report_crashes: yes
stop_scan_on_hang: no
stop_scan_on_disconnect: no
reduce_connections_on_congestion: no
global.max_web_users: 1024
global.max_scans: 0
nasl_log_type: normal
nasl_no_signature_check: no
disable_xmlrpc: no
disable_ntp: yes
ssl_cipher_list: strong
xmlrpc_idle_session_timeout: 30
xmlrpc_listen_port: 8834
listen_port: 1241
listen_address: 0.0.0.0
slice_network_addresses: no
plugin_upload: yes
silent_dependencies: yes
auto_enable_dependencies: yes
safe_checks: yes
plugins_timeout: 320
non_simult_ports: 139, 445, 3389