Reported vulnerability count is not a useful measurement for comparing two 
vulnerability scanners.

One vulnerability scanner may report all missing patches, including ones that 
are superseded by others in the same report, while another does not.

For instance, OpenVAS is far more useful to me than Nessus due to the 
architecture of the scanner, and of course being open source is great. All the 
patch scanners out there will help you begin regularly auditing and patching 
your networks.


> On Oct 20, 2015, at 8:51 PM, Diego Gomes <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi guys!
> 
> We have here Nessus Professional!
> 
> I identified some different results while comparing...
> 
> For example, I noticed that OpenVAS found more vuls than Nessus. (ok, not 
> sure if false-positive or mismatch plugin, configuration, etc...)
> 
> But, what I mean is....
> 
> Should be OpenVAS more efficient than Nessus? Should I trust in one and not 
> in other?
> 
> Of course, we always need to use 2 different tools for analysis, but my 
> questions is very interesting and I would like to check your opinions about 
> it!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Diego
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