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Diffstat (limited to 'security/nessus/pkg/DESCR')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/security/nessus/pkg/DESCR b/security/nessus/pkg/DESCR index b48f1ef1bc4..ca0cd559a77 100644 --- a/security/nessus/pkg/DESCR +++ b/security/nessus/pkg/DESCR @@ -1,4 +1,17 @@ -Nessus is a free, open-sourced and easy-to-use security auditing -tool for Linux, BSD and some other systems. It is multithreaded -and plugin based, and has a nice X11 interface. The current version -performs 180 security checks against the remote networks. +The "Nessus" Project aims to provide to the internet community a +free, powerful, up-to-date and easy to use remote security scanner. + +A security scanner is a software which will audit remotely a given +network and determine whether bad guys (aka 'crackers') may break +into it, or misuse it in some way. + +Unlike many other security scanners, Nessus does not take anything +for granted. That is, it will not consider that a given service is +running on a fixed port - that is, if you run your web server on +port 1234, Nessus will detect it and test its security. It will +not make its security tests regarding the version number of the +remote services, but will really attempt to exploit the vulnerability. + +Nessus is very fast, reliable and has a modular architecture that +allows you to fit it to your needs. Test the security of your +network. |