[olug] Nessus Replacement

[Aric Aasgaard]

They replaced Nessus with OpenVAS in OSSIM.  It seemed to work well.

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From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
Andrew Embury
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:13 AM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: [olug] Nessus Replacement

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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