Re: Distributed Vulnerability Scanning

[Phillip G Deneault <deneault () WPI EDU>]

Purdue has created an Open Source Nessus-based vulnerability scanner
called VSC which might fit your requirements.

http://bishop.itsp.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/wiki

Phil

Sadler, Connie wrote:
> Does anyone use a commercial scanner – something like Tenable? The
> software would allow us to set up accounts and delegate rights for some
> of our system administrators to run their own scans. The management
> console would allow us to review results from all of the scans. Does
> anyone use a commercial appliance and if not, does anyone have a
> home-grown Nessus interface that makes using Nessus in a distributed
> environment easier?
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> Thanks…
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> Connie J. Sadler, CM, CISSP, CISM, GIAC GSLC
> Director, IT Security, Brown University
> Box 1885, Providence, RI 02912
> Connie_Sadler () Brown edu
> Office: 401-863-7266
> PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x91E38EFB
> <blocked::http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x91E38EFB>
> PGP Fingerprint: DA5F ED84 06D7 1635 4BC7  560D 9A07 80BA 91E3 8EFB


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