Using

Open nessus files

You have a few possibilities to open your nessus files in nessus file analyzer (NFA).

Added in version v0.5.0: You can open nessus files from inside a ZIP archive. You don’t need to unzip nessus files anymore.

OPTION 1 - by opening file\-s

  1. Open nessus file analyzer (NFA).

  2. Go to Menu File.

  3. Choose Open file\-s if you want to open one or more nessus files at once.

OPTION 2 - by opening directory

  1. Open nessus file analyzer (NFA).

  2. Go to Menu File.

  3. Choose Open directory if you want to open all nessus files from selected directory and its subdirectories.

OPTION 3 - by use of OS contextual menu

  1. On OS level select one or more nessus files in your OS file browser.

  2. Click RMB on selected file\-s and choose from contextual menu option Open with….

  3. Choose nessus file analyzer (NFA) to open selected file\-s.

OPTION 4 - by file\-s Drag & Drop

  1. On OS level select one or more nessus files in your OS file browser.

  2. Simple drag and drop selected file\-s on nessus file analyzer (NFA) window.

OPTION 5 - by directory Drag & Drop

  1. On OS level select one or more directories containing nessus files in your OS file browser.

  2. Simple drag and drop selected directory or directories on nessus file analyzer (NFA) window.

Select report type

Select one or more report types: scan, host, vulnerabilities, noncompliance.

  • scan - if you want to see sum-up from point of view of the whole scan.

    See also

    Check Scan section description to get more details.

  • host - if you want to see sum-up from point of view of particular scanned host.

    See also

    Check Host section description to get more details.

  • vulnerabilities - if you want to see list of vulnerabilities reported in this scan for all scanned hosts.

    See also

    Check Vulnerabilities section description to get more details.

  • noncompliance - if you want to see list of noncompliance reported in this scan for all scanned hosts.

    See also

    Check Noncompliance section description to get more details.

Configure

Configure nessus file analyzer (NFA) to fit target file to your exact needs.

See also

Check Settings to get more details.

Initialize analyze

Click Start button to initiate analyze of all provided nessus files.

Open target file

Click Open button to open target directory where output file has been saved.

Help menu

Check for Update

Added in version v0.11.0: It will notify you automatically with every run of the nessus file analyzer (NFA) if a new version is available.

Select Help > Check for Update option to check if you are using the latest version of nessus file analyzer (NFA).

Check Announcements

Added in version v0.11.0: It will fetch latest LimberDuck’s announcements with every run of the nessus file analyzer (NFA).

Select Help > Check Announcements option to fetch latest LimberDuck’s announcements.

Documentation

Select Help > Documentation option to open online nessus file analyzer (NFA) documentation.

GitHub

Select Help > GitHub option to open nessus file analyzer (NFA) GitHub project page.

Releases

Select Help > Releases option to open nessus file analyzer (NFA) GitHub Releases page.