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NESSUS®
FAQ

What are the system requirements for running NESSUS?

The current release of NESSUS is available on Windows NT/2000/XP, HP-UX 11.x, IRIX 6.5, and Solaris 7/8. It is always recommended that your platform have the latest patches, but some specific system patches are known to be required:

Windows NT 4, 2000, XP

No specific patches are known to be required for the Windows NT and derivative operating systems, but it is always recommended to have the latest "Service Packs" from Microsoft installed.

The Compaq Visual Fortran Compiler version 6.6a is required to compile and link the NESSUS user subroutines.

To make use of the future 3D features of NESSUS you will need a 1GHz or better PC with a 3D accellerator video card supporting OpenGL 1.3. NESSUS is known to work well with video cards with nVidia chipsets, specifically the GeForce 2/Quadro 2 or later chipsets.

Solaris 8

The following Solaris 8 patches are required:


108652-33 or later
108921-12 or later
108940-24 or later

For up-to-date information see Solaris Java patch information page.

Solaris 7

The following Solaris 7 patches are required:


107226-17 or later
106980-16 or later
106541-16 or later  
108374-05 or later
107636-07 or later
107544-03 or later
108376-24 or later
106950-13 or later
107081-33 or later
106300-09 or later
106327-08 or later
107656-07 or later 
107702-07 or later

For up-to-date information see Solaris Java patch information page.

IRIX 6.5

Versions of IRIX earlier than 6.5 are not supported. IRIX version 6.5.11m or higher is recommended.

The following OS configuration is needed:

  • You must have version 7.2.1.3 or higher of the compiler_eoe.sw.unix IRIX subsystem installed.
  • You must have the c++_eoe.sw.lib IRIX subsystem installed.
  • Packages x_eoe.sw.Xoptfonts and x_eoe.sw.Xopttype1 are necessary for GUI fonts to render properly.

For more information see IRIX Java installation notes.

HP-UX 11.x

It is recommended that you run HP-UX 11i, version 1.5, with the following patches:


PHCO_24777 
PHCO_25452 
PHKL_24255 
PHKL_24569 
PHKL_24751 
PHKL_25389 
PHKL_25729 
PHKL_25840 
PHNE_24035

If only HP-UX 11.0 is available, the following patches are necessary:


PHCO_26000 
PHCO_23963 
PHCO_25707 
PHCO_25342 
PHKL_18543 
PHKL_22677 
PHKL_25999 
PHKL_23409 
PHKL_25906 
PHNE_23003 
PHNE_25423 
PHNE_24909 
PHSS_24303 
PHSS_23566 
PHSS_25787 
PHSS_24627

For up-to-date information see HP-UX Java patch information page.

How do I pre-install Java? (advanced)

Pre-installation of Java on your system allows the use of the smaller installtion package "without JVM", and allows the availability of Java for other applications.

Java pre-installation will be required to use the upcoming 3D features of NESSUS.

NESSUS has been validated against the 1.3.1 version of Java. Sun Microsystems has released version 1.4, but several bugs have been found in that release which affect the performance of NESSUS.

Windows NT 4, 2000, XP
  1. Uninstall any existing versions of Java from your system.
    1. Open the Control Panel.
    2. Open the "Add/Remove Programs" control.
    3. Remove any products labelled "Java Runtime Environment" or "Java SDK".
  2. Download and install "Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.3.1_03"
    1. Go to http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/.
    2. Click the download link.
    3. Select the "Windows JRE" installer.
    4. Download the installer and run it.
  3. (Future 3D support) Download and install "Java 3D 1.2.1_04"
    1. Go to http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D.
    2. Click the link for Java 3D 1.2.1_04.
    3. Select the format "Java 3D for Windows (OpenGL Version) Runtime for the JRE". Do not select the "DirectX" version.
    4. Download the installer and run it.
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