This scanner takes the following parameters:
- --nikto_path (-p)
You can use this optional parameter to provide the script with
(-p) the path to nikto.pl or nikto. If you do not provide this the
script tries to find the files itself and fail if it cannot
find them.
- --nikto_options (-o)
Additional command line options to provide to nikto see
(-o) 'nikto -Help' for more information. Please quote the options so that they are
passed to Nikto as a single block. E.g. -o '--port 80,443 --ssl'
- --hosts
Specification of hosts to scan. Follows the Nessus rules for specifying
hosts, or path to a file containing such specification
- --remote (-r)
Option comma separed list of hostname, username, and key path used to ssh
to the host and run the command there
Subsitutions:
- $HOSTS is substituted with the contents of the host field
- @HOSTS is substituted with the path of a file containig the hosts field
- $WORSKPACE is substituted with the workspace name
- $SCAN is substituted with the scan name
- $PASSWORD is substituted with the value in the password field