From the course: Vulnerability Management with Nessus

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- [Instructor] Nessus is a product with a long history. It began as an open-source project all the way back in 1998 and quickly became a very popular tool for security scanning. In 2005, Tenable Network Security, the owners of Nessus, changed it from an open-source license to a closed-source license and began charging for some uses of the product. Over time, this has evolved into Nessus being available in three editions: the Tenable Nessus Essentials Edition, which remains free for use by the security community, educators and students; and the Tenable Nessus Professional and Expert editions. The Nessus Essentials edition is powerful and a great way to learn Nessus; it's what we'll be using in this course. However, it is important to know that Nessus Essentials is limited to scanning 16 IP addresses. You won't be able to scan large networks. If you do plan to use Nessus at a larger scale, you'll need to purchase a license for Tenable Nessus Professional or Expert. They're priced on a…

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