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MMG Security announces the release of Sussen 0.13.

What is Sussen?

Sussen is a tool for testing the security of computers and other network devices.

It is in an early stage of development and should be considered experimental. Sussen is improving rapidly on many fronts, but it is not yet stable enough for full-time, everyday use.

Sussen is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, see the file 'COPYING' for more information.... read more

Sussen 0.12

MMG Security announces the release of Sussen 0.12.

WHAT IS SUSSEN?
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Sussen is a tool for testing the security posture of computers and other
network devices. It is in an early stage of development and should be
considered experimental. Sussen is improving rapidly on many fronts, but
it is not yet stable enough for full-time, everyday use.

Sussen is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2,
see the file 'COPYING' for more information.... read more

Since the last release we have moved away from porting security tests to
focusing on running existing ones. To that end we've been working on
NASL and OVAL interpreters for Sussen.

Sussen can currently run some OVAL tests on Windows and RedHat based systems.

The NASL interpreter can parse/lex all the current NASLs. Whats needed is code to
be written to execute actions, such as opening a TCP socket or making an HTTP request.... read more

Sussen 0.10

MMG Security announces the release of Sussen 0.10.

WHAT IS SUSSEN?
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Sussen is a tool for testing the security posture of computers and other
network devices. It is in an early stage of development and should be
considered experimental. Sussen is improving rapidly on many fronts, but
it is not yet stable enough for full-time, everyday use.

The scanner (sussen-scanner) performs the work of running security tests.
It communicates with the server to record details about what kinds of
security issues it finds.... read more

MMG Security announces the release of Sussen 0.9. Sussen is a security
scanner which remotely tests computers or other devices and provides a
report on their vulnerabilities.

There are three (3) parts to the system:

* sussen (client)
* sussen-sensor (server)
* sussen-plugins (security tests)

sussen is the user facing side of the system. sussen is designed for
the GNOME environment. It uses the Gtk+ 2.2 and GNOME 2.4 libraries.
sussen is integrated into GNOME, with support for Drag and Drop (DnD)
between Nautilus (GNOME file manager), use of the GNOME Virtual File
System and the GNOME help system.... read more

MMG Security announces the release of Sussen 0.8. Sussen is a security scanner which remotely tests computers or other devices and provides a report on their vulnerabilities.

There are three (3) parts to the system:

* sussen (client)
* sussen-sensor (server)
* sussen-plugins (security tests)

sussen is the user facing side of the system. sussen is designed for the GNOME environment. It uses the Gtk+ 2.2 and GNOME 2.4 libraries. sussen is integrated into GNOME, with support for Drag and Drop (DnD) between Nautilus (GNOME file manager), use of the GNOME Virtual File System and the GNOME help system.... read more

After a brief hiatus, we're back, just in time for Christmas. MMG Security
is pleased to announce the release of sussen v0.7, sussen-sensor v0.2, and
sussen-plugins v0.2.

Sussen is a security scanner which remotely tests computers or other devices and provides a report on their vulnerabilities. It features Python-based security tests, a GNOME interface, a GNOME-DB backend, and customizable reports.... read more

This release of Sussen marks some big changes to our plans going forward.
With this release we are dropping support for Nessus and moving ahead
with our own server, which is called sussen-sensor.

Sussen is now a client/server based security scanner. The client is a
GNOME 2 based application, sussen, which we've been working on for a
few months now.

The server, sussen-sensor is based on GLib, GNet, and libxml. It's features
include:... read more

Sussen 0.5.3 has been released. This is a minor
bugfix release that corrects some problems with the
'Gettting Started' druid.

Star Chamber (www.starchamber.ca) has released Sussen 0.5.2. This
release contains bugfixes and minor enhancements.

Session support is now working again. You can import previous sessions
from a Nessus server into the Sussen database. You can also restore/delete
sessions from the database.

The 'Getting Started' druid was changed to use GNOME-DB widgets. You
can also now create a new datasource from from druid if needed, it's no
longer something you had to do seperately. ... read more

This release just is to fix a bug in the sussen 0.5 build system. There are no code changes.

Changes since 0.5:

* added missing files to m4/Makefile.am

Star Chamber is pleased to announce a new release of Sussen, 0.5. It's
been about a month since the last release and there have been some
important changes made in that time.

The first big change is dropping the embedded MySQL server backend
and converting over to GNOME-DB (www.gnome-db.org). This will allow
you to use a wide range of databases (Oracle,SQL Server,MySQL,Postgres,
and more) for a backend.... read more

A new release of Sussen, version 0.4, is now available. Sussen is
a client for the Nessus Security Scanner. Sussen is incredibly
easy to use, you can perform a vulnerability assessment with just a few
mouse clicks.

More information, updated screenshots and source code are available
from http://sussen.sourceforge.net/

It's been just over a month now since we launched this project.
Looking back, we have made a lot of progress. We started with a
copy of nessus v2.0.5:... read more

Star Chamber Inc. is proud to announce the release of Sussen v0.2. Sussen is a client for the Nessus Security Scanner. It based on the GNOME 2.2 and attempts to take full advantage
of the platform.

New in Version 0.3:
* Added initial support for multiple nessus servers
* Added start of Sussen online help manual
* gettext() support for internationalization and localization
* Restore session now works
* Policy Manager now can set Port Scanners
* Sussen include files are no longer installed
* All Listviews should now be sortable/resizeable
* Lots of bug fixes... read more

Star Chamber Inc. is proud to announce the release of Sussen v0.2. Sussen is a client for the Nessus Security Scanner. It based on the GNOME 2.2 and attempts to take full advantage
of the platform.

Sussen is incredibly easy to use, you can perform a vulnerabiltiy assessment with just a few mouse clicks. Version 0.2 also provides easy to understand druids to
help with common tasks.

The report viewer has also been re-designed so you can get at the information you want quickly and easily. ... read more