Nessus 3.0.0 available !

Doug Fox dfox138 at hotmail.com
Mon Dec 12 22:18:28 EST 2005


Can Nessus 3.0 be run on SuSE 9.2 too?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Renaud Deraison" <deraison at nessus.org>
To: "Nessus List" <nessus at list.nessus.org>
Cc: <nessus-announce at list.nessus.org>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 12:59 PM
Subject: Nessus 3.0.0 available !


> 
> I'm thrilled to announce the availability of Nessus 3.0.0 !
> 
> Nessus 3 is a complete rewrite of the Nessus engine, designed for  
> speed and efficency -- as a result Nessus 3 is on average twice as  
> fast as Nessus 2 (with spikes as high as five times faster) and is  
> less resource intensive.
> 
> 
> The Nessus 3 major enhancements are the following :
> 
> - New NASL3 engine
> - Improved plugin storage for faster startup time
> - Improved networking functions
> - New scanner architecture to be both efficient and robust
> - The Nessus daemon fetches the plugins automatically when registered  
> (this can be disabled in nessusd.conf)
> - Improved error handling
> 
> 
> Nessus 3 is available on the following platforms :
> 
>  - Red Hat ES3 and ES4
>  - SuSE 9.3 and 10.0
>  - FreeBSD 5 and 6
>  - Fedora Core 4
>  - Debian 3.1
> 
> The following platforms will be supported in early 2006 :
> 
>  - Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4
>  - Microsoft Windows 2000/XP Pro/2003
>  - Solaris 9 and 10
> 
> 
> I'm also happy to announce that we're extending the service we offer  
> to our direct feed customers to include full email support, with  
> access to our customer portal which gives users the ability to reset  
> their activation codes, track their support tickets, and have access  
> to the Nessus Support Knowledge base.
> 
> We have also changed our plugins license agreement so that  
> consultants do not have to fax us to ask permission to use the plugin  
> feed any more.
> 
> Nessus 3 can be downloaded at <http://www.nessus.org/download/>
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> -- Renaud
> 
> 
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