Installing Nessus on Linux

Nessus – vulnerability scanner in Linux.

Go to the official website http://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/select-your-operating-system and download Nessus for the operating system that you have installed.

Switch to the root user:
su

Run the installation of the downloaded file, for example:

dpkg -i Nessus-7.0.2-debian6_amd64.deb

Run Nessus:

/etc/init.d/nessusd start

After that, you can open Nessus in the browser by clicking https://IP:8834/

For further work, you need to register with https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/activation-code.

How to make a bootable USB flash drive with CAINE

To make a bootable USB flash drive with CAINE, perform several actions:

1) Download the image CAINE from the official site www.caine-live.net

2) Download Universal USB Installer http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

3) We connect the USB flash drive to the computer and run the Universal USB Installer. In it, we agree with the license agreement by clicking “I Agree“, in the second window where “Step 1:” choose “CAINE Linux“, where “Step 2” click “Browse” and point to the downloaded image of CAINE (for example, caine9.0.iso). In “Step 3:” select the letter of the flash drive, tick the “Format” (this will re-partition the file system table and erase all the data on the USB flash drive).

4) Click “Create” and wait for the process to complete.