Section 15.1 The Nessus Security Scanner

   


15.1 The Nessus Security Scanner

Nessus is a powerful tool for scanning (probing) your network for open ports and, more importantly, vulnerabilities in those services. It is very knowledgeable about the common vulnerabilities in particular versions of programs on various operating systems and is well maintained. It is worth trying. It may be downloaded from

www.nessus.org/


       
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    Real World Linux Security Prentice Hall Ptr Open Source Technology Series
    Real World Linux Security Prentice Hall Ptr Open Source Technology Series
    ISBN: N/A
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    Year: 2002
    Pages: 260

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