--register <code>

Register the current Nessus installation to http://plugins.nessus.org. Registering entitles you to receive a complete feed of the newest Registering entitles you to receive a complete feed of the newest Nessus plugins. To register, an activation code is required. Please see http://plugins.nessus.org for more details on how to get such a code.

--check

Makes sure that nessus-fetch is properly configured to receive a direct plugin feed from plugins.nessus.org by attempting to login into the remote server with the username and password obtained with nessus-fetch --register. Please see http://plugins.nessus.org for more details on how to get a direct plugin feed.

--plugins-md5

Obtains the MD5 of the remote plugin archive. Depending if the user registered or not, the file will be fetched from www.nessus.org or plugins.nessus.org. A file named 'all-2.0.tar.gz.md5' will be created in the current working directory.

--plugins

Obtains the newest Nessus plugins from www.nessus.org or plugins.nessus.org, as well as their signature file. The files 'all-2.0.tar.gz' and 'all-2.0.tar.gz.sig' will be created in the current working directory.

--url <url> <localfile> [<http_login> <http_password>]

Retrieves the file located at <url> (ie: http://www.nessus.org/index.html) and stores in in <localfile>. An optional http login and passwords can be provided if the remote server requires Basic authentication.

nessus-fetch will not retrieve files bigger than 40MB.