Register for OSVDB and Nessus on Backtrack 5
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Go to http://osvdb.org to register your account. After registering, you will receive an email to activate your account.
After the activation of your account, you can login to OSVDB. Go to "Account" -- "API" to copy the API code.
Open a terminal and run:
nano /pentest/enumeration/web/cms-explorer/osvdb.key
Copy the API code onto the osvdb.key file.
Nessus
Go to http://www.nessus.org/products/nessus/nessus-plugins/obtain-an-activation-code and select "Using Nessus at Home?" to register.
You will receive an email with instructions on getting a code, then open a terminal and run:
/opt/nessus/bin/nessus-fetch --register XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
To create a user :
/opt/nessus/sbin/nessus-adduser
(You can leave the rule field empty)
Start the Nessus from the menu of Back|Track 5, "BackTrack" -- "Vulnerability Assessment" -- "Vulnerability Scanners" -- "Nessus" -- "nessus start".
Or, just run:
/etc/init.d/nessusd start
After that, go to https://localhost:8834/