What is the Nessus Project ? The aim of the Nessus project is to provide the internet community a free, open-sourced and easy-to-use security auditing tool. * Free: Nessus is free because most societies/universities practically ignore their network security issues out of fear that it would cost too much to fix. They don't know if it would be worth paying a security expert to audit their network. By not paying attention to security, those societies/universities are subject to the actions of darkside hackers, and the results are usually quite upsetting... * Open-sourced: Nessus is open-sourced primary because such a sensitive program could be suspected to be a trojan horse, and second to promote volunteer efforts at improving and adding features. * Easy-to-use: Nessus is easy-to-use because computer security is not an easy thing. Thus, the Nessus project provides a simple interface which clearly highlights the security holes. Flavors: no_x11 no X11 frontend experimental add save-session and knowledge base capabilities WWW: ${HOMEPAGE}