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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

Web Application Security Testing With the Security Center and Nessus

The detection of Application-layer flaws within HTTP applications has become a major source of activity for many enterprise security groups. Source code audits are one means of finding these security holes. Many of these efforts to detect application bugs within web applications can be automated by using the Nessus security...

Tags: Web, Web Application, Tenable Network Security Inc., Security Center, Security

White papers 2007-02-07

Tenable Tools for Security Compliance - The Antivirus Challenge

Worms and viruses, devastating in the 90's, have gained momentum in the last few years and are arguably the largest risk to many companies. As such, antivirus products are a staple part of any Corporate Security policy. The antivirus client has become as common on the desktop as the web...

Tags: Antivirus, Tenable Network Security Inc., Antivirus Client, Viruses And Worms, Security

White papers 2006-05-23

Nessus security tool closes its source

Developer makes popular free scanner proprietary, saying competitors were taking advantage of its open-source status. The source code of one of the world's most popular free security tools will no longer be available to all, its creator has announced, saying the software's open-source license was fueling competition. ...

Tags: Software, Developer, GPL, Source Code, Tool, Security Tool, Tenable Network Security Inc., Nessus 3, Open Source, Scanners, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Peripherals, Management, Renai LeMay

News items 2005-10-06