Personal opinion here. On 28/02/12 11:06 AM, Sallee, Stephen (Jake) wrote: > We are about to deploy scanning in PF, which engine is better? OpenVAS or > Nessus? I know about Nessus (but we aren't experts) and it is legendary for > its ability to scan hosts. However it is not exactly user-friendly. > > We do not have any experience with OpenVAS, so naturally we do not know how > well it works or how friendly it is. > > So I ask you community (and Inverse) what would you suggestion be, Nessus or > OpenVAS and why?
OpenVAS is free (as in speech *and* beer) while Nessus is not. I would give OpenVAS a shot but see below. > > Also, as an aside: We are also planning on deploying a network of snort > sensors. Given that snort should detect all undesirable network traffic (if > you configure it correctly) is network posturing a worth while endeavor? Aside from SoH, which isn't supported everywhere yet, client-side is not worth the hassle (again personal opinion not Inverse's!). A properly configured and maintained snort will pick up all the crap. Cheers! -- Olivier Bilodeau [email protected] :: +1.514.447.4918 *115 :: www.inverse.ca Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (www.sogo.nu) and PacketFence (www.packetfence.org) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Packetfence-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users
