Nessus
Platforms:
FreeBSD,
IRIX,
Linux,
NetBSD,
OpenBSD,
Solaris
Categories:
Auditing,
General,
Network,
Ports,
RPC,
Trojans & Backdoors,
Web
Version: v2.0.9
URL: http://www.nessus.org/
Nessus is a remote security scanner for Linux, BSD, Solaris, and other Unices. It is multi-threaded and plug-in-based, has a GTK interface, and performs over 500 remote security checks. It allows for reports to be generated in HTML, XML, LaTeX, and ASCII text, and suggests solutions for security problems.
