Nessus (software)

Nessus Vulnerability Scanner
Developer(s)Tenable, Inc.
Stable release
8.15.8 / January 18, 2023 (2023-01-18)[1]
Operating systemLinux, macOS and Microsoft Windows
TypeVulnerability scanner
LicenseProprietary; GPL (2.2.11 and earlier)
Websitehttps://www.tenable.com

Nessus is a proprietary vulnerability scanner developed by Tenable, Inc.

History

In 1998 Renaud Deraison created The Nessus Project as a free remote security scanner.[2] On October 5 2005, with the release of Nessus 3, the project changed from the GNU General Public License to a proprietary license.[3]

The Nessus 2 engine and some of the plugins are still using the GNU General Public License, leading to forks based on Nessus like OpenVAS[2][4] and Greenbone Sustainable Resilience.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nessus 2023 Release Notes". Tenable Network Security.
  2. ^ a b Carey, Mark; Russ Rogers; Paul Criscuolo; Mike Petruzzi. Nessus Network Auditing. O'reilly. ISBN 978-1-59749-208-9.
  3. ^ Olenick, Doug (2019-03-09). "SC 30th Anniversary Awards". SC Media.
  4. ^ "OpenVAS". Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  5. ^ "Greenbone". Retrieved 2021-03-07.


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