Week 7 - Project Lab (Ubuntu and Nessus)

ISSC422 B001 – Dr. David Andersson

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Abstract
The lab was intended to give the user hands on experience with VM creation, Linux and Nessus.
The user created a VM on their own machine and loaded it with a Linux platform (Ubuntu). The
user then utilized Nessus on this VM to scan their local area network.
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Screen Captures
Below you will find screen captures relating to Parts 1 and 2 of the Week 7 Project Lab – Ubuntu
and Nessus. Screen captures are divided by Section and labeled in APA format with a caption to
explain what each is depicting.

Part I: Installing Ubuntu inside Windows using VirtualBox

Figure 1 - Downloading Ubuntu. Screen shot depicting Ubuntu being downloaded via BitTorrent
Client in preparation of the Part II Lab.

Figure 2 - Loading Ubuntu. Screen shot showing Ubuntu image being loaded to the virtual
machine created with Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager.
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Figure 3 - Installing Ubuntu. Screen shot showing Ubuntu during the installation process.
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Figure 4 – Ubuntu Installed. Screen shot showing Ubuntu image being loaded to the virtual
machine created with Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager.

Part II Installing and Using Nessus 5

Figure 5 – Preparing to Install Nessus. Screen shot showing Nessus download on the Ubuntu
downloads page.
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Figure 6 – Changing Directory in Terminal. Screen shot showing User prepping for install of
Nessus using the Terminal on Ubuntu.

Figure 7 – Installing Nessus. Screen shot showing Nessus being installed through the Ubuntu
terminal using command prompts.
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Figure 8 – Nessus Download and Install Complete. Screen shot showing Nessus login page
before initiating plugins.

Figure 9 – Nessus Plugins Installing. Screen shot showing Nessus plugins loading in the Mozilla
browser on Ubuntu.
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Figure 10 – Nessus Policy Creation. Screen shot showing Nessus policy creation screen as
policy is created for scanning.

Figure 11 – Nessus Scan in Progress. The Nessus scan runs in the background of the Nessus
dashboard in this screen capture.
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Figure 12 – Nessus Scan Complete. Screen shot showing Nessus scan has completed.

Figure 13 – Nessus Vulnerability Located. The scan returns only two open ports for 10.0.2.5
(Local IP), ports 80 and 443 (common ports).
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Reflection:
Over the course of this lab I learned a few new and valuable skills. I had never created a Virtual

Machine on my own desktop and this was a great experience in doing so. I also have very limited

exposure with Linux and learning a bit about the Terminal application was excellent experience that I will

carry with me. The only difficult part of this lab was the different versions of Nessus and Ubuntu being

shown in the directions, they could use some updating.