Nessconnect
Nessconnect is a cross-platform, open-source client application for Nessus and other compatible vulnerability scanners (such a OpenVAS). It provides GUI, CLI and API components that communicate with the scanning server. The graphical user interface offers local session management, scan templates, report generation through XSLT, charts and graphs, and vulnerability trending. The CLI can be used to automate scanning tasks by the client, and the Java API can be sourced to build other NTP-aware tools.
History
This software was started as a personal project in late 2005 to address a specific need that was lacking in existing Nessus clients. The date of this posting is the date on which Nessconnect got its name. Previous incarnations were known as Nessj and Reason. The first release of the project was in December of 2005 under a proprietary license, which quickly gave way to the first open source release on January 16, 2006.