[olug] Nessus Replacement

[James Ringler]

On 10/21/2009 11:12 AM, Andrew Embury wrote:
> Dear Lazyweb,
>
> Now that Nessus went closed source, what does the group recommend for an
> Open Source security scanner?  I will be using it in a commercial
> environment and can't justify Nessus' $1200.00/year plugin feed cost and do
> not wish to violate the license by signing up for a personal subscription
> and using it commercially anyway.
>
> I see OpenVAS was forked from Nessus.  Is it any good?  Anything else
> recommended?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Drew
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October 27, 2009
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SCREENCAST: HOW TO LAUNCH AN OPENVAS SCAN
Peter Giannoulis, Contributor

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