Nessus 3.0 Released

duplo1 writes Tenable Security has announced the release of Nessus 3.0. Nessus is an enterprise level vulnerability scanner and this new version brings a complete rewrite of the Nessus engine redesigned for increased speed and efficiency running on the average, twice as fast as Nessus 2. From the release: "In addition to gaining dramatic improvements in performance, Tenable also provides an optional Direct Feed subscription service for Nessus 3.0 which provides immediate access to new vulnerability checks and entitles Nessus 3.0 users to commercial support from Tenable. The Tenable Plugins include support for a rating methodology called Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) that can be used to express the criticality of a discovered vulnerability or threat."

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Hindmost

[Spy Handler]

Nessus is an enterprise level vulnerability scanner

I thought he was Hindmost's lover :o

Enterprise level ?

[ultranova]

Does being an "Enterprise level vulnerability scanner" mean that it can be used to figure out how to remotely shut down the Klingon cloaking device or make a Borg cube self-destruct ?-)