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Nessus creator challenging the community: The GPL community has been challenged.Renaud Deraison, who wrote most of the most popular open source security scanner, Nessus, says the next version will no longer be licensed under the GPL. The source code of Nessus Version 3.0 will no longer be freely available.He did this, he writes, to save...; Tags: Nessus 2.0, GPL; Blog posts 2005-10-08

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News to know: Limelight's Olympics; Software prices; Wordcamp 2008; Windows 7 Server: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet Larry Dignan: Limelight by the numbers: Akamai's thorn? Podcast: CIO tells how he reduced impact...; Tags: Olympic Games, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Server, Microsoft Corp., Internet, Semantic Web, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software; Blog posts 2008-08-18
OpenVAS emerges as free alternative to Nessus: A new open-source project called OpenVAS has emerged to take the place of Nessus, the popular vulnerability assessment system that closed its source a few years ago. The first stable version of OpenVAS, which is a fork of Nessus 2.2, was released this week featuring a server,...; Tags: Network, Vulnerability Assessment, OpenVAS, OpenVAS-Client, Tests, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-08-15
IT Dojo video: Three tools that network administrators can't live without: Network administrators are always looking for tools that can save them time and help them optimize and secure their networks. I'm sure most, if not all, of you have your own list of favorite tools. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler talks about the following three net admin tools...; Tags: Information Technology, Video, Tool, Network Administrator, Productivity, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Networking, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-12
IT Dojo: Three tools that network administrators can't live without: Network administrators are always looking for tools that can save them time and help them optimize and secure their networks. I'm sure most, if not all, of you have your own list of favorite tools. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler talks about the following three net admin tools...; Tags: Network Administrator, techrepublic inc., information technology, tool, productivity, strategy, networking, management, it dojo, bill detwiler, network administration, software, nessus, putty, wireshark, security, voip, qos; Videos 2008-08-08

Open Discussion: Software firewalls: Open Discussion: Software firewallsRE: Open Discussion: Software firewallsI use both Windows Firewall in Vista and the built in hardware firewall in my router. I just don't see the need for a resource hungry, third party solution any more when the built in firewall in Windows does an admirable job.Fire ...; Tags: Firewalls, Network security, SECURITY, software, firewall, Network Address Translation, NAT Router, Microsoft Windows Firewall; Discussion threads 2008-07-11
Hacking NASA: One small step for man, one giant leap for hackers?: Hacking NASA: One small step for man, one giant leap for hackers?This is scriptAll digital is exe.An exe is constructed and recorded into a ROM chip.And when you press START,the exe starts and the Microwave oven cooks your food."Deb can cook---hard wieners--Dr.Debbie Smith's program for the Microwave---part two--episode three".duhhhh"great work...; Tags: SECURITY, Hacking NASA, hacking; Discussion threads 2008-05-05
Nessus Credential Checks for UNIX and Windows: This paper describes how to perform authenticated network scans with the Nessus Vulnerability Scanner. Authenticated network scans allow a remote network audit to obtain "Host-based" data such as missing patches and operating system settings. Host-based checks for UNIX versions of Nessus were introduced in 2004 and Windows support had existed...; Tags: Audit, Network, Tenable Network Security Inc., Nessus Vulnerability Scanner, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Networking, Software; White papers 2008-02-12
Hacking tools go mainstream: Hacking tools go mainstreamLOL - n00bs!People pay for hacking tools?Metasploit, Nessus, Ettercap, nikto, nmap and a ton of others.all excellent tools and all free.RE: Hacking tools go mainstreamHILARIOUS !RE: Hacking tools go mainstreamDoesnt matter. The 'net is not useful for much now anyways. Nearly Every site has some kind of...; Tags: SECURITY, hacking tool, hacking; Discussion threads 2007-09-04
Master the building blocks of a Cisco NAS Appliance design: One of the keys to success when designing a security solution is to first understand all the pieces with which you work. Study the building blocks available with the Cisco NAS Appliance solution in this chapter download from Cisco NAC Appliance: Enforcing Host Security with Clean Access. Learn...; Tags: NAS, Cisco Systems Inc.; Book chapters 2007-08-23
Questions swirl as Sourcefire buys ClamAV: Sourcefire's acquisition Techmeme discussion of the ClamAV project -- a deal that includes trademarks and copyrights of the popular open-source anti-virus toolkit -- has raised eyebrows among industry watchers worried about the future of free security products.The skinny on today's transaction: Under terms of the transaction, Sourcefire...; Tags: Sourcefire Inc., Open Source, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-08-17
Hacking tools don't hack, hackers do: It is not unusual for society, and particularly law makers, to identify tools with crimes. It is a knee jerk response. If there are a lot of crimes committed with guns, outlaw guns. If a lot of skiers get killed by collisions with trees, cut down the trees! Law...; Tags: Hacking, Hacking Tool, Hacker, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2007-08-14
Exploits, security tools disappear as German anti-hacker law takes effect: Security professionals in Germany have started removing exploits and hacking tools from the Internet in response to a new German law that expressly forbids the distribution of any software that can be used in computer/network attacks.Stefan Esser left, the PHP security guru behind the recent Month of PHP Bugs project,...; Tags: Security, Law, Tool, Security Tool, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-08-13
Nessus (OS X) (gz): The Nessus Project provides a free, powerful, up-to-date, and easy-to-use remote security scanner. It is designed to remotely audit a given network and determine whether it is vulnerable to hackers or other types of malicious attacks. Unlike other security scanners, Nessus will detect all used ports and physically test their...; Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Nessus Project, Security; Software downloads 2007-04-28
Nessus (exe): The Nessus Project provides a free, powerful, up-to-date, and easy-to-use remote security scanner. It is designed to remotely audit a given network and determine whether it is vulnerable to hackers or other types of malicious attacks. Unlike other security scanners, Nessus will detect all used ports and physically test their...; Tags: Nessus Project, Security; Software downloads 2007-04-28
Investigate Mac OS X as a platform for penetration testing: With its BSD roots, super-slick graphical interface, and near-bulletproof reliability, Apple's Mac OS X operating system provides a great platform for penetration testing. In this sample chapter from OS X for Hackers at Heart, investigate ways that OS X can be used as a platform for penetration testing,...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Tool, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware; Book chapters 2007-04-26
Nessus Vulnerability Scanner: Internet "Insecurity" is a major problem in today's web of interconnected computers and networks. Attackers such as script kiddies, hackers, and crackers are of course a major part of the problem. However, they are just that, a part of the problem. Why? It's quite simple. What good is an attack,...; Tags: Colorado State University, Scanner, Vulnerability, Attack, Security; White papers 2006-12-07
Gartner Symposium 2006 session coverage: [Updated 5/25/2006] While David Berlind is tearing up the blogsphere, the new kid on the block that would be me is just soaking it all in at the Gartner Symposium. I stopped by a Microsoft where Microsoft was telling the audience about some of the product road maps for...; Tags: Parent OS, Nessus, Gartner Inc., Parent, operating system; Blog posts 2006-05-16
New anatomy of a hack: As a white-hat hacker for a big audit firm I spent days and nights in our “lab” launching scans and scripted attacks against client networks. Other than the possession of a “get-out-of-jail-free card”, a signed agreement from the customer, our methodologies were the same as any hacker’s. Eventually I...; Tags: TROJANS, anatomy; Blog posts 2006-05-15
Another Mac OS X hack challenge launched: Another Mac OS X hack challenge launchedTrue, untill the give more information, this tells us nothing.And, how about puting a Windows OS machine online and giving out accounts. How long would that last? Actaully there is not the equivalent of SSH on Windows, so we can not do an apples...; Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, SECURITY, SSH, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, denial of service, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS; Discussion threads 2006-03-07