[olug] Nessus Replacement

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On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:23 PM, James Ringler <jringler at plainspower.com>wrote:

> 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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> This just landed in my inbox.
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> SearchSecurity.com: Network Security Tactics
> October 27, 2009
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> SCREENCAST: HOW TO LAUNCH AN OPENVAS SCAN
> Peter Giannoulis, Contributor
>
> Network security practitioners can never have too many network
> vulnerability assessment tools at the ready, especially if they're
> free.
>
> This month, Peter Giannoulis of TheAcademyHome.com and
> TheAcademyPro.com takes a deep dive into the OpenVAS Linux/Unix-based
> assessment and penetration testing tool, demonstrating the initial
> configuration to get the Nessus-forked GUI up and running, creating
> an SSL certificate and user, and finally showing how to launch a
> scan.
> Watch the demo:
> http://go.techtarget.com/r/9693804/8063241
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