Penetration Testing: Re: Nessus - open or closed source?

["S.A.B.R.O. Net Security" <sabronet () indy rr com>]

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
>
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