Indeed, just a little feedback here: I'm in a similar position; we use Nessus here as part of a suite of pen test methods, some commercial, some not. It was never truly necessary for us to move to a paid-subscription based model, since the two week lag between free and paid was tolerable.
But this change in licensing is one of those "exclusive" changes, meaning it ends up pushing a number of clients out unless they opt to pay the yearly licensing fee. From my point of view (I'm sure quite understandably), I would have preferred an "inclusive" change in licensing, perhaps a sweetening of the direct-feed deal, or maybe few bits of paid functionality. A good results-parser and converter in the client immediately springs to mind. As long as the free, delayed feed was kept intact for commercial use. I might have even been drawn in by a mildly snarky expansion of the two week feed into three or four, which would make it unusable for us, thus making paying for a direct feed something less than completely unpalatable. But to simply eliminate the agreement that we've been dependent on entirely (even with the discount and two months notice) is a little harsh, and it throws into steep question whether we'll be using Nessus in the future. Sincerely, James On May 14, 2008, at 9:06 AM, Craig wrote: > > But on the other hand, for those of us who use Nessus as a backup to > our > company's official vulnerability scanner, we are out of luck. > > > > > Craig L. Bowser > CISSP > ------------------------------- > Better three hours too soon than one minute too late. - Shakespeare > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ] > On Behalf Of Mercer, Jeff C - Raleigh, NC > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:52 AM > To: Renaud Deraison; Nessus Discussion Board > Subject: RE: Tenable Updates Subscription Model for the > NessusVulnerabilityScanner > > So in a nutshell, existing Direct Feed customers are unaffected, > other than > that there's a name change for the product, correct? > > I DEFINITELY applaud the Home Feed! I've often done security scans > for free > for individuals, friends and non-profits and it'll be great to have > all the > plugins available immediately. We all benefit by finding vulns and > getting > them remediated. > > -------- > Jeff Mercer - CISO - Security Vulnerability Assessments > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Renaud Deraison >> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:22 AM >> To: Nessus Discussion Board; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Tenable Updates Subscription Model for the Nessus >> VulnerabilityScanner >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> Tenable Network Security Inc. today announced an update to its Nessus >> subscription model. >> >> Please read our letter at : >> http://www.nessus.org/products/directfeed/change.php >> And our FAQ at : >> http://www.nessus.org/documentation/index.php?doc=feed-faq >> >> Feel free to contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or myself >> directly) if you have any question, >> >> >> >> -- Renaud >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nessus mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus >> > _______________________________________________ > Nessus mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus > > _______________________________________________ > Nessus mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
