Nessus (software)

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Nessus is a proprietary vulnerability scanner developed by Tenable, Inc.

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Nessus Vulnerability Scanner
Developer(s)Tenable, Inc.
Stable release
8.15.8 / January 18, 2023 (2023-01-18)[1]
Operating systemLinux, macOS and Microsoft Windows
TypeVulnerability scanner
LicenseProprietary; GPL (2.2.11 and earlier)
Websitehttps://www.tenable.com
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History

In 1998 Renaud Deraison created The Nessus Project as a free remote security scanner.[2] On October 5 2005, with the release of Nessus 3, the project changed from the GNU General Public License to a proprietary license.[3]

The Nessus 2 engine and some of the plugins are still using the GNU General Public License, leading to forks based on Nessus like OpenVAS[2][4] and Greenbone Sustainable Resilience.[5]

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