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The "Nessus" Project aims to provide to the internet community a
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free, powerful, up-to-date and easy to use remote security scanner.
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A security scanner is a software which will audit remotely a given
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network and determine whether bad guys (aka 'crackers') may break
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into it, or misuse it in some way.
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Unlike many other security scanners, Nessus does not take anything
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for granted. That is, it will not consider that a given service is
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running on a fixed port - that is, if you run your web server on
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port 1234, Nessus will detect it and test its security. It will
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not make its security tests regarding the version number of the
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remote services, but will really attempt to exploit the vulnerability.
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Nessus is very fast, reliable and has a modular architecture that
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allows you to fit it to your needs. Test the security of your
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network.
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