Editing Nessus (software)

{{Short description|Computer security software}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = Nessus Vulnerability Scanner
| logo                   = Nessus-Professional-FullColor-RGB.svg
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| developer              = [[Tenable, Inc.]]
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| latest release version = 8.15.8
| latest release date    = {{release date|2023|01|18}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://docs.tenable.com/releasenotes/Content/nessus/nessus2023.htm|title=Nessus 2023 Release Notes|publisher=Tenable Network Security}}</ref>
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| operating system       = [[Linux]], [[macOS]] and [[Microsoft Windows]]
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| genre                  = [[Vulnerability scanner]]
| license                = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]; [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] (2.2.11 and earlier)
| website                = https://www.tenable.com
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'''Nessus''' is a [[proprietary software|proprietary]] [[vulnerability scanner]] developed by [[Tenable, Inc.]]

==History==

In 1998 Renaud Deraison created ''The Nessus Project'' as a free remote security scanner.<ref name=NNA>{{cite book|title=Nessus Network Auditing|isbn=978-1-59749-208-9|first=Mark|last=Carey|author2=Russ Rogers|author3=Paul Criscuolo|author4=Mike Petruzzi|date=21 May 2008 |publisher=O'reilly}}</ref> On October 5 2005, with the release of Nessus 3, the project changed from the [[GNU General Public License]] to a [[Closed source|proprietary license]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/celebrating-30-years-in-cybersecuity/|title=SC 30th Anniversary Awards|date=2019-03-09|first=Doug|last=Olenick|publisher=SC Media}}</ref>

The Nessus 2 engine and some of the plugins are still using the GNU General Public License, leading to [[Fork (software development)|forks]] based on Nessus like [[OpenVAS]]{{r|NNA}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openvas.org/|title=OpenVAS|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref> and [[Greenbone Sustainable Resilience]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greenbone.net/impressum/|title=Greenbone|accessdate=2021-03-07}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Metasploit Project]]
*[[OpenVAS]]
*[[Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks]] (SATAN)
*[[SAINT (software)]]
*[[Snort (software)]]
*[[Wireshark]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/nessus-professional}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160401025857/http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-12.1/network/nessus/2.2.11/ Nessus 2.2.11 files and source code]
* [http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/nessus Nessus source code] up to 2.2.9

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[[Category:Pentesting software toolkits]]
[[Category:Network analyzers]]
[[Category:Linux security software]]
[[Category:Formerly open-source or free software]]
[[Category:Software using the GNU General Public License]]


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