Comments on: OpenVAS – Opensource Vulnerability Assessment Scanner

By: kavitha

kavitha — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:22:43 +0000

Hi,

I’m finding some issue while i run the command openvas-nvt-sync.It throws the error ->
sent 848073 bytes received 1503041 bytes 120569.95 bytes/sec
total size is 47546176 speedup is 20.22
Error: md5sums not correct. Your NVT collection might be broken now.
Please try this for details: cd “/usr/local/lib/openvas/plugins” ; md5sum -c “/usr/local/lib/openvas/plugins/md5sums” | less

Please do tell me what might be the reason for this.Also suggest me any alternatives to sync the plugins on the OpenVAS server.

regards
Kavitha

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:59:19 +0000

Over at our open source vulnerability scanning site, we formerly were running a Nessus scan. We have since switched to OpenVas since the Nessus licensing change. Check us out, we are currently offering free vulnerability scans against your servers. All the best for 2009! HackerTarget.com

By: Information security

Information security — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:39:51 +0000

As important as security is, remaining current with every development is hard, and evaluating possible vulnerabilities across a network can be quite a chore. You need a way to both automate tests and make sure you’re running the most appropriate and up-to-date tests. Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) is a network security scanner that includes a central server and a graphical front end. The server allows you to run several different network vulnerability tests (NVT) written in Nessus Attack Scripting Language (NASL), which OpenVAS updates frequently.

By: Open VAS - ¿La evolución del Nessus? | La Comunidad DragonJAR

Open VAS - ¿La evolución del Nessus? | La Comunidad DragonJAR — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:38:56 +0000

[...] un manual para OpenSUSE (posiblemente puede adaptarse para otra distribuciones), los invito a probar el Open VAS y aportar [...]

By: HowtoMatrix » OpenVAS - Opensource Vulnerability Assessment Scanner

HowtoMatrix » OpenVAS - Opensource Vulnerability Assessment Scanner — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:42:26 +0000

[...] Read more at http://www.susegeek.com [...]

By: Sergicles

Sergicles — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:53:49 +0000

It’s funny, once it’s gone everybody wants it.

The “official” reason of Nessus going closed source is the community. Apparently very few have contributed to (a) core and (b) NASL scripts… At the end it was obvious, according to the announcement way back, that there is no support from the community – one way in a two way street so to speak. Now that it’s gone, suddenly there is this big interest (I’ve seen few OpenVAS posts in the last few weeks).

I wonder if the project is going to die, again, soon.

By: Lawrence D'Oliveiro

Lawrence D'Oliveiro — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:52:00 +0000

Note this is an open-source fork of Nessus, created after the latter closed its source.

By: RB

RB — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:24:15 +0000

There is no need to download and compile the stuff. RPMs are available
at http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/bitshuffler:/openvas/openSUSE_11.0/repodata/

By: henare

henare — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:55:43 +0000

Nice article, I'd never heard of this package before. BTW, the openSUSE Build Service has packages available for OpenVAS.