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The Nessus Security Scanner performs its security checks by
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launching external pieces of code called 'plugins'.
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One plugin is in charge of one security check against one
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host.
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There are, at this time, two languages to write security checks :
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NASL (the Nessus Attack Scripting Language) and C.
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NASL should be prefered as it makes plugins which are easily
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portable and shareable. C plugins should be avoided, except when
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NASL proves to not be powerful enough.
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