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Re: Replacement for Nessus



On 2/23/06, Juergen Fiedler <juergen@fiedlerfamily.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I used to run Nessus on a semi-regular basis to make sure that my
> firewall is still doing what it is supposed to do. With the latest
> version of Nessus not actually being all that free anymore, I find
> myself looking for alternatives: Something that looks for open ports
> on my system and also gives me an overview of the risks the software
> listening on those ports may pose. For example, Nessus didn't just
> observe that I have an HTTPS server running, but also that I was
> allowing weak encryption schemes.
> Do you know of anything out there that might serve a similar purpose?
> It would be really, really nice if such a program would run in a
> text console (which was possible with Nessus, but a bit of a pain).
>
> Thanks,
> Juergen
>
>
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> iD8DBQFD/eCihqmlHrBtR3kRAiiDAKCOUbSRumPAO9tuWunaRrRVJ5IDVgCgqk3g
> vNjIfiRx+POWCNTTKLNLCFo=
> =UqLJ
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>
>
>

Check http://www.metasploit.com/

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Cheers,
Maxim Vexler (hq4ever).

Do u GNU ?

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