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Re: Nessus - open or closed source?
From: Lynx <lynx () enemy org>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 15:17:02 +0100
On Nov 04, 2005 at 1844 +1100, Serg B. appeared and said:
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.
As far as I understand the licensing terms http://www.nessus.org/plugins/index.php?view=faq Nessus is and will stay to be GPLed. You have to register the plugins depending on what you want to do with it. I believe that this is similar to Snort where the code is GPL, you get a bundle of community-supplied signatures and have to register/pay for Sourcefire's signatures. Best, René. -- FAITH, n. - Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. -- http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/devils/f.html -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Nessus - open or closed source? Serg B. (Nov 04)
- Re: Nessus - open or closed source? Willie Kupersanin (Nov 04)
- Re: Nessus - open or closed source? Lynx (Nov 04)
- Re: Nessus - open or closed source? PasswordFinder (Nov 04)
- Re: Nessus - open or closed source? leonardo (Nov 04)
- Re: Nessus - open or closed source? Joachim Schipper (Nov 04)
- Re: Nessus - open or closed source? Giancarlo Razzolini (Nov 05)
- RE: Nessus - open or closed source? Juan Carlos Reyes Muñoz (Nov 06)
- Re: Nessus - open or closed source? Giancarlo Razzolini (Nov 05)
- Re: Nessus - open or closed source? Alex Bihlmaier (Nov 05)
- Re: Nessus - open or closed source? S.A.B.R.O. Net Security (Nov 06)
- Re: Nessus - open or closed source? Robert BARABAS (Nov 05)
- Re: Nessus - open or closed source? King Fuddler (Nov 05)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Nessus - open or closed source? brandon . steili (Nov 04)
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