Information security vulnerability analysis tool -
Netsparker
Acunetix
OpenVAS
Nexpose Community
Nikto
Tripwire IP360
Wireshark
Aircrack
Nessus Professional
Retina CS Community
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
Secunia Personal Software Inspector
Choose a topic which can be a tool, framework, practice, a methodology or technology related to vulnerability analysis and summarize it for the class.
In your summary explain its purpose and address the following points:
How widely is it used? How reliable is it in practice? What is its commercial availability? Does it scale well? Is it applicable to networked environments?
Are there any other relevant aspects which you may have noticed?
Please the answer the above questions with 250 words or more with references.