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Edgeos Launches Nessus Security Scanner Knowledge Base
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Phoenix, Arizona) April 14, 2004 -- Edgeos, a leading provider of network security auditing and vulnerability assessment managed services, announced today the release of the Nessus Security Scanner Knowledge Base. Nessus is the world's leading open source vulnerability scanning software, and Edgeos' Nessus Knowledge Base is provided as a free technical resource to the global information security and Nessus communities.
"The Nessus vulnerability scanner is a true open source success story in every way," said Erik Stephens, Edgeos' Vice President of Software Development. "However, because Nessus is so robust, the wealth of configuration options can sometimes be daunting. Edgeos' Nessus Knowledge Base strives to provide a detailed technical resource to help the security community use Nessus to its greatest potential and successfully defend networks from attacks."
Edgeos' Nessus Knowledge Base contains information and documentation about every option and configuration variable for the Nessus vulnerability scanner. The knowledge base contains all of the options for the Nessus command-line client, GTK GUI client, and .nessusrc configuration files. Each option is documented, including a name, description, default setting, enable/disable considerations, scan/host/network impacts, and much more. Additionally, the knowledge base cross-references all of the Nessus options and provides information about dependencies between options such as peer and child relationships.
Edgeos' Nessus Knowledge Base is located at:
http://www.edgeos.com/nessuskb/
About Edgeos Edgeos provides managed vulnerability assessment and network security auditing services for information security professionals, VARs, IT consultants, service providers, and medium/large enterprises. Edgeos offers both internal and external assessments as managed services that do not require customers to purchase any hardware or software. Edgeos' services combine multiple leading open source network and security tools into a single integrated system. Edgeos' default suite leverages the strengths of more than 12 unique tools to provide extremely robust vulnerability assessment and auditing services. Edgeos also supports custom tools and scripts added to the default suite. This gives customers the flexibility to fine-tune Edgeos' services to meet their needs and automatically include almost any network and security auditing tools their business requires.
Customers have used Edgeos' services to identify over 138,300 vulnerabilities, on more than 3,300 networks, spanning across six continents around the world. For more information, please call 866.334.3671, email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, or visit the Edgeos web site at <http://www.edgeos.com>.
Contact: Edgeos, Inc. Karina Drees [EMAIL PROTECTED] 866.334.3671 __________________________
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