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Developer:	Renaud Deraison	License:	GNU GPL
Category:	Scanners	Downloads:	9558

Nessus is a free, powerful, up-to-date and easy to use remote security scanner.

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.

NOTE: Since Nessus 3 is not released under the GPL and is not re-distributable we can not offer it for download.

Shorewall is an iptables based firewall that can be used on a dedicated firewall system, a multi-function masquerade gateway/server or on a standalone Linux system.

The netfilter/iptables project is the Linux 2.4.x / 2.5.x firewalling subsystem.

Dropbear is an SSH 2 server, designed to be usable in small memory environments.

GnuPG stands for GNU Privacy Guard and is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage.

Snort is a lightweight network intrusion detection system, capable of performing real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks.