Scanning web applications with Nessus offers the end user several new configuration options in the Nessus client. You should take into account:

• Number of web servers and applications being scanned
• Size of the applications (e.g. how many parameters does each CGI application have?)
• Depth and scope of the scan with respects to the type of tests being performed and how exhaustive they should be

This video demonstrates how to setup Nessus to scan a web application using the new options:

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