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OpenVAS emerges as free alternative to Nessus

zdnet.com » 2008 » August » 15th » OpenVAS emerges as free alternative to Nessus

Tagged: open source, malware, browsers, passwords, botnets, exploit code, zero day attacks, pen testing, patch watch, arbitrary code execution, complex attacks

A new open-source project called OpenVAS has emerged to take the place of Nessus, the popular vulnerability assessment system that closed its source a few years ago. The first stable version of OpenVAS, which is a fork of Nessus 2.2, was released this week featuring a server, a client and an NVT (network vulnerability tests) feed. Installation [...] … Continue Reading »

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