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Nessus seems to have changed their plugin update policy. What was once free (as beer) seems to have been split into three distinct policies - * a direct feed available only to commercial subscribers ($1200/scanner/year), * a registered feed which contains plugins updated one week after they appear in the direct feed; this feed requires user registration * a GPL feed which does not require registration, but will contain only plugins written by the user community. http://www.nessus.org/plugins/index.php?view=feed The turn of events feels very similar to SAINT, which was once free, then became registered software, and finally a commercial-only product. I really hope Nessus does not go that way. I use Nessus on a regular basis to check for vulnerabilities on boxen that I look after and having to wait a week for updates after a vulnerability is disclosed is simply not an option, especially for network boxen that have internet access. What do the others on the forum feel about this? Are there any other open source network scanners out there (what about SARA?) that could substitute the functionality of Nessus? Regards, Vinu. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFBwX1yfQe5A1YbfuURAnaBAJ4maWHHwC1Ul2nwFuLD38q3Am37nwCgrTvK OEkMYNPVtIIXssZMlZK9W9Y= =LiTk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
