James Birk wrote:
> On Sep 2, 2008, at 10:18 AM, Michel Arboi wrote:
> 
>> On Tuesday 02 September 2008 15:15:39 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> We would then like to import the grepable nmap output into Nessus  
>>> and have
>>> Nessus restrict it's scans to only those ports that NMAP has found  
>>> to be
>>> open.
>> Then import Nmap results and disable all other port scanners.
>>
>>> I know it's not a perfect option, but we've been asked to look at  
>>> it as a
>>> possiblity instead of comercial options.
>> Nessus _is_ a commercial option.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Sort of.  It has the same name as a non-commercial option, which leads  
> to a lot of confusion and frustration.  Especially when you're running  
> a FreeBSD box and you're trying to unravel the old free nessus port  
> from the one you have to pay for.  There should be instructions just  
> for that.

The Nessus 2 engine is distributed under the GPL. Nessus 3 is not.

The Nessus Registered plugin feed is no longer available. Switching
to the ProfessionalFeed should not require you to "unravel the old
free Nessus port". You should have just needed to use a new activation
code.

Both of these changes were covered in the media, this mailing list,
and many other places well in advance of these changes.

If anyone gets a Nessus port from Debian, FreeBSD, Gentoo, .etc, you
should be aware, Tenable did not configure these or do these. If you
are using Nessus, we highly recommend you to work with the distributions
you get from nessus.org directly.

Ron Gula
Tenable Network Security










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