Nessus just released version 5.20.  So, a quick follow-up to my recent post on installing Nessus is as follows.

Details:  http://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/new-in-nessus-52

Downloads:   http://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/nessus-download-agreement

> dpkg -i Nessus-5.2.0-debian6_amd64.deb
(Reading database … 241907 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace nessus 5.0.3 (using Nessus-5.2.0-debian6_amd64.deb) …
$Shutting down Nessus : .
Unpacking replacement nessus …
Setting up nessus (5.2.0) …
Fetching the newest plugins from nessus.org…
Fetching the newest updates from nessus.org…
Done. The Nessus server will start processing these plugins within a minute
nessusd (Nessus) 5.2.0 [build N24017] for Linux
Copyright (C) 1998 – 2013 Tenable Network Security, Inc

Processing the Nessus plugins…
[##################################################]

All plugins loaded

– You can start nessusd by typing /etc/init.d/nessusd start
– Then go to https://localhost:8834/ to configure your scanner

> /etc/init.d/nessusd start
$Starting Nessus : .