Open-source Nessus security tool to be commercialized
Ellen Messmer writes in NetworkWorld:
Tenable Network Security, the sponsor for the widely used open-source vulnerability scanning tool Nessus for discovering weaknesses in software, plans to commercialize Nessus in a major upgrade to be unveiled next month.
Tenable CEO Ron Gula said the main technical change in the upcoming Nessus 3.0 is that it will run vulnerability scans at five times the speed of Nessus 2.0. Like Nessus 2.0, which runs on a variety of computer platforms, Nessus 3.0 will be free. But end users will have to obtain a commercial license for it rather than the less formal open-source general public license. Tenable also anticipates offering a line of Nessus appliances in the future, and said the reason for the shift is because many organizations outright reject using open-source tools due to concerns about support.
posted by Fergie @ 10/13/2005 10:59:00 AM
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