Re: LANguard vs Nessus

["Patrick S. Harper" <lists () internetsecurityguru com>]

Languard does not get updated as often and has missed stuff the Nessus has found.  I happen to like to use both.  I 
think that they compliment each other.


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On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 22:46, Magnus Påhlsson wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> I've been using Nessus as network (in)security scanner for quite some
> time and I'm happy with everything it can do. I am however curious how
> LANguard compares to Nessus, what can LANg do that Nessus can't and vice
> versa? The obvious difference is that LANg can deploy patches and my
> question about that is; does it work and is it safe to use on 500+
> computers?
>
> regards,
> Magnus




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