1995 : The program SATAN (Security Administrator Tool for Analysing Networks) had been written to scan a Unix host on a network and then issue a report about known security vulnerabilities as well as possible fixes. It was the first vulnerability scanning program which allowed users to find known vulnerabilities in a system.
On April 5, 1995, Farmer and Venema made SATAN publicly available.
Critical Commentary
1995 : The program SATAN (Security Administrator Tool for Analysing Networks) had been written to scan a Unix host on a network and then issue a report about known security vulnerabilities as well as possible fixes. It was the first vulnerability scanning program which allowed users to find known vulnerabilities in a system.
On April 5, 1995, Farmer and Venema made SATAN publicly available.