Abstract: To get the most out of Nessus, one needs powerful plugins. An effective plugin should have maximum detection abilities and minimum false positives. Instead of reinventing the wheel for every plugin, templates provide a solid and tested base for entire plugin families. This chapter discusses templates that can be created for Web applications. At first glance, writing one's own plugin seems to be an intimidating job, requiring deep knowledge in security and networking. The chapter presents several tools to automate and simplify plugin creation. The chapter first examines the similarities among plugins from the same family with the goal of creating templates that can be used for more than one plugin and then discusses the more general approach to plugin creation using Extensible Markup Language (XML) data structures. Several approaches to simplifying Nessus plugin creation are described in the chapter. The methods suggested can help in creating plugins with little effort and benefit from the experience of others.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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