Re: [Nessus-devel] Nessus server and Cygwin

[Michel Arboi <mikhail_at_nessus.org>]

[that should be a FAQ]
"Vesselin Peev" <vpeev_at_ewa-bg.com> writes:

> What is the status of the Nessus server part on Cygwin?

Unsupported.

> Has anyone succeeded in building it and running it

Yes. I had to rewrite a couple of C plugins in NASL.

> without problems?

I wouldn't say so.

> If not, what are the major issues that need to be addressed?

Horribly slow. Probably unreliable.

The speed issue cannot be fixed, it comes from Cygwin emulation of
fork. And you cannot fix Cygwin either, the problem is in Windows.

Your solution may be http://www.tenablesecurity.com/newt.html