From: S.A.B.R.O. Net Security (sabronet@indy.rr.com)
Date: Sat Nov 05 2005 - 21:04:30 EST
Nessus is in fact going closed and it has been covered by various sources.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101305-nessus.html
http://news.com.com/Nessus+security+tool+closes+its+source/2100-7344_3-5890093.html?tag=nefd.hed
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-- Sincerely, William E. Hoover S.A.B.R.O. Net Security Admin www.sabronet.com sabronet@indy.rr.com admin@sabronet.com Alex Bihlmaier wrote: > Serg B. wrote: > >> Hi All, >> I don't recall where I read it, but... Something about Nessus going into >> proprietry market and that future releases of the scanner will not be >> available under GPL licence. >> >> Could someone confirm that or...? > > > http://mail.nessus.org/pipermail/nessus-announce/2005-October/msg00000.html > > According to that: > > Version 3 won't be released under the GPL. > Former versions, of course, are still licensed under the GPL. > > Please note this upcoming project: > http://porz-wahn.berlios.de > > > grtx, > thal > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Audit your website security with Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner: > Hackers are concentrating their efforts on attacking applications on > your website. Up to 75% of cyber attacks are launched on shopping > carts, forms, login pages, dynamic content etc. Firewalls, SSL and > locked-down servers are futile against web application hacking. Check > your website for vulnerabilities to SQL injection, Cross site > scripting and other web attacks before hackers do! Download Trial at: > > http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/pen-test_050831 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Audit your website security with Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner: Hackers are concentrating their efforts on attacking applications on your website. Up to 75% of cyber attacks are launched on shopping carts, forms, login pages, dynamic content etc. Firewalls, SSL and locked-down servers are futile against web application hacking. Check your website for vulnerabilities to SQL injection, Cross site scripting and other web attacks before hackers do! Download Trial at: http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/pen-test_050831 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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