Remember the original sender's request, unix skills are weak so windows is
preferred. The reason businesses are afraid is that when something goes
wrong, companies want to be able to lean on then blame an external
organization.
Brian "Sonic" Whalen
Success = Preparation + Opportunity
On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, kevin jones wrote:
> I don't understand why people are afraid of the Open-Source movement and
> continue
>
> paying for expensive propriertary softwares have hidden bugs in there.
> If you are looking for
>
> Security Assessment tools, try nessus. This is an excellent piece of
> software. I've run it
>
> on both Linux and BSD platforms (sorry I've not much of windows) and this
> software just
>
> blows my mind. It is also FREE. Below is a link that compares security
> scanners from
>
> ISS, Network Associates, Axent and Nessus. Guess who the winner is:
> NESSUS.
>
> Come join the Open-Source movement.
>
> http://www.nwc.com/1201/1201f1b1.html
>
> Kevin
>
> >From: "William E. Gragido" >Reply-To: "William E. Gragido" >To:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Security Assessment Tools [7:8837]
> >Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 18:25:29 -0400 > >Paul is absolutely correct. We
> are partners with ISS and its still a costly >piece of software, however
> its a brilliantly coded one~! > >Will > >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> >Paul Borghese >Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 2:27 PM >To:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Security Assessment Tools [7:8837] > >
> >Plan to pay big bucks for ISS. Try "saint" http://www.wwdsi.com/saint if
> >you need a less expensive scanner. > >Paul Borghese >----- Original
> Message ----- >From: "Nigel Taylor" >To: >Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001
> 1:05 PM >Subject: Re: Security Assessment Tools [7:8837] > > > > Brad, >
> > You might want to look at ISS they have a pretty good product. > >
> Here's the link to their site.. There's a good product likewise on Linux
> > > called Nessus which uses a GUI and is reasonably easy to get > >
> working..especially if you install it using the mandrake-linux or redhat
> > > linux distribution. > > > > www.iss.net > > > > HTH > > > > Nigel. >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Brad Ellis > > To: > >
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 11:47 AM > > Subject: Security Assessment
> Tools [7:8837] > > > > > > > Hey gang! Can anyone recommend any security
> assessment tools for Cisco > > > routers/firewalls (more than just a port
> scanner)? I'd prefer something > > > Windows based as my Unix skills are
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