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Nessus 3 Tutorial

2008-06-10 09:32:21 by Mike Chapple in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Learn how to use Nessus, an inexpensive vulnerability scanner, with our Nessus Tutorial Guide. It not only examines the benefits of this free open source tool, but also walks you through the processes of using it in the enterprise, from installation and configuration to using Nessus with the SANS Top 20 to identify critical vulnerabilities
 
Tags: nessus, nessus tutorial guide, inexpensive vulnerability scanner, sans top, source tool, critical vulnerabilities, enterprise, benefits, processes
 
 
 
 
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Using Nessus Attack Scripting Language (NASL) to find application vulnerabilities

2008-07-01 11:51:54 by Mike Chapple in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
For anyone who doesn't speak NASL, network security expert Mike Chapple has a firm handle on the Nessus Attack Scripting Language. In this brand-new addition to our Nessus 3 Tutorial, Chapple provides examples of NASL scripts that can find known vulnerabilities in your customized or third-party applications
 
Tags: nessus, nasl, nessus attack, nasl scripts, third-party applications, language, vulnerabilities, brand-new addition, firm handle
 
 
 
 
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Screencast: Nessus

2008-03-18 08:59:18 by Peter Giannoulis in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Peter Giannoulis of Bones Consulting demonstrates how Nessus can be used as a vulnerability assessment tool that enterprises can use to help protect critical systems and networks
 
Tags: vulnerability assessment tool, protect critical systems, peter giannoulis, nessus, bones, enterprises, networks
 
 
 
 
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Nessus Screencast

2008-03-18 11:12:04 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
Nessus is a great security tool. If you're unfamiliar with how it works--and how easy it is to use--this 5 minute screencast will get you started
 
Tags: minute screencast, nessus, security tool, easy, unfamiliar
 
 
 
 
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Matt Asay again shows that he doesn't know much about open source security

2008-05-15 22:43:17 by HASH0x8b563c4 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...Nessus vulnerability scanner. They also develop and publish a feed of NASL scripts which run in Nessus, which are likewise no longer and some say never were open sourced. I know Ron Gula pretty well and understand perfectly why Nessus is no longer under a GPL license for a few years now. I also understand the economics and reasons why they...
 
Tags: matt, matt asay, matt sticks, matt talks, comments matt leaves, source, reason matt, scripts, word scripts
 
 
 
 
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NAC for grown-ups

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2008-03-13 23:06:10 by HASH0x89079f8 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...Nessus (btw, Gord do you include the source code with your use of those open source products?). I think to truly test the full spectrum of devices accessing the network you need a combination of agentless, agent and web delivered testing options. You need a purpose built NAC testing engine. If you want to provide continuous monitoring, you...
 
Tags: network users, network users arrogant, network, network administrators, nac, users, nac solution, nac product, product
 
 
 
 
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NAC for grown-ups

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2008-03-13 23:58:00 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...Nessus (btw, Gord do you include the source code with your use of those open source products?). I think to truly test the full spectrum of devices accessing the network you need a combination of agentless, agent and web delivered testing options. You need a purpose built NAC testing engine. If you want to provide continuous monitoring, you...
 
Tags: network users, network users arrogant, network, network administrators, nac, users, nac solution, nac product, product
 
 
 
 
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NAC is a battlefield - Only the strong survive

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2008-03-19 00:48:50 by HASH0x8b3b788 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...Nessus, I reached out to them This is when I first met Rob Gilde. Subsequently I also met Brett and most of the rest of the team there. I like Rob, he ran their product team, was knowledgeable and a nice guy in a west coast laid back kind of way. In short time it became apparent to me that Lockdown was looking to move out of the VM business....
 
Tags: lockdown networks appears, lockdown networks, bury lockdown networks, lockdown, team, product team, product, vam product, customers
 
 
 
 
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Irongeek's Infosec Wargame Servers

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2008-04-01 01:00:00 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
...Nessus , Metasploit and other tools on these boxes. Please let me know your findings. Thanks to my hosting provider Dreamhost. If you want to know more about Dreamhost check out my review (and coupon codes), they have been pretty good to me
 
Tags: irongeek, wargame servers, computer security skills, provider dreamhost, coupon codes, dreamhost check, host names, review, metasploit