Re: Nessus free version cancelled, now $1200/year

["DePriest, Jason R." <jrdepriest () gmail com>]

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Brandon Enright <> wrote:
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> On Wed, 21 May 2008 19:31:49 -0700 or thereabouts stripes
> <stripes () tigerlair com> wrote:
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> > Hi Fyodor,
> >
> > Check out OpenVAS, http://www.openvas.org. It's a FOSS replacement
> > for Nessus. I believe it's off the last GNU version.
> >
> > -Anne
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> IIRC the primary motivation for closing the Nessus source was that the
> developers felt like they didn't get enough community contribution to
> either the engine or plugins to justify not trying to turn it into a
> commercial product.

I thought it was also the fact that tons of third-party "security
consultants" were using Nessus but branding it as their own creation,
so they got paid and Nessus (Tenable) got shafted.

-Jason

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