OpenVAS stands for Open Vulnerability Assessment System and is a network
security scanner with associated tools like a graphical user front-end. The
core component is a server with a set of network vulnerability tests (NVTs)
to detect security problems in remote systems and applications.
OpenVAS products are Free Software under GNU GPL and a fork of Nessus.
This package provides the OpenVAS scanner. To build a complete OpenVAS scanner
installation, however, you have to compile and install the packages in the
following sequence:
1. openvas-libraries
2. openvas-scanner
3. openvas-client
The openvas-client GUI is needed to interact with the OpenVAS scanner, however
there are some new optional modules:
1. openvas-scanner for storing and organizing scans on a central server in a
SQL database
2. openvas-administrator for User-, Feed- and Settings-Management
3. greenbone-security-assistant for a web-based Vulnerability Management
This package provides the OpenVAS client. You need GTK libraries and
OpenSSL are highly recommended, both of them are avalaible from Slackware.
As a last note, keep in mind that this is a major version transition: the
older openvas-libnasl and openvas-plugins packages no longer exists,
openvas-server has been replaced by the openvas-scanner package and there are
the new optional modules. A straight upgradepkg (with removal of deprecated
packages) *SHOULD* work but also consider to backup your old configuration and
starting over from a fresh OpenVAS installation.
Maintained by: Marco Bonetti
Keywords: security,nessus,vulnerabilities scanner
ChangeLog: openvas-client
Homepage:
http://www.openvas.org/
Download SlackBuild:
openvas-client.tar.gz
openvas-client.tar.gz.asc (FAQ)
(the SlackBuild does not include the source)
Individual Files: |
README |
doinst.sh |
openvas-client.SlackBuild |
openvas-client.info |
slack-desc |
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