Re: Vuln scanner software choices

[Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>]

--On Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:32:27 -0700 Tblinux <TBLinux () covad net> 
wrote:

> I know that most if not all of you use or have used Nessus at some point.
> I've been following the thread. Now that it appears that Nessus is
> seriously ratcheting down support for independent consultants and
> corporate / gov't users without a registered and paid for license what
> scanning software are you considering? Has anyone done a *complete*
> comparison of all of the scanning software out there and made a choice
> based on the findings? If so what was it?
There's bound to be a comparison somewhere.  All I can tell you, from 
personal experience, is avoid ISS like the plague it is.

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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