{"id":3940,"date":"2011-10-24T09:18:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T09:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ubuntupirates.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2011-10-24T09:18:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T09:18:16","slug":"openvas-open-source-vulnerability-scanner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/?p=3940","title":{"rendered":"OpenVAS &#8211; Open Source Vulnerability Scanner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The world&#8217;s most advanced Open Source vulnerability scanner<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>OpenVAS<\/strong><em> is a framework of several services and tools offering a comprehensive and powerful vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management solution.<\/em><br \/>\nThe <strong>Open Vulnerability Assessment System<\/strong> <em>(OpenVAS)<\/em> is a framework of several services and tools offering a comprehensive and powerful vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management solution.<br \/>\nThe actual security scanner is accompanied with a daily updated feed of Network Vulnerability Tests (NVTs), over 20,000 in total (as of January 2011).<br \/>\nAll OpenVAS products are Free Software. Most components are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.openvas.org\/img\/OpenVAS4-Structure.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.openvas.org\/img\/OpenVAS4-Structure.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDownload Here: <em>OPENVAS<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>OpenVAS for Ubuntu<\/strong><br \/>\nyou can install <em>OpenVAS<\/em> for Ubuntu via OBS<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.openvas.org\/img\/openvas4-ubuntu-obs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Step 1: Configure OBS Repository<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt-get -y install python-software-properties\nsudo add-apt-repository \"deb http:\/\/download.opensuse.org\/repositories\/<\/pre>\n<pre>security:\/OpenVAS:\/STABLE:\/v4\/xUbuntu_10.04\/ .\/\"<\/pre>\n<pre>\nsudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp:\/\/keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys BED1E87979EAFD54\nsudo apt-get update<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nStep 2: Quick-Install OpenVAS<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt-get -y install greenbone-security-assistant gsd openvas-cli openvas-manager<\/pre>\n<pre>openvas-scanner openvas-administrator sqlite3 xsltproc<\/pre>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nStep 3: Quick-Start OpenVAS<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(copy and paste whole block, during first time you will be asked to set a password for user &#8220;admin&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<pre>test -e \/var\/lib\/openvas\/CA\/cacert.pem  || sudo openvas-mkcert -q\nsudo openvas-nvt-sync\ntest -e \/var\/lib\/openvas\/users\/om || sudo openvas-mkcert-client -n om -i\nsudo \/etc\/init.d\/openvas-manager stop\nsudo \/etc\/init.d\/openvas-scanner stop\nsudo openvassd\nsudo openvasmd --migrate\nsudo openvasmd --rebuild\nsudo killall openvassd\nsleep 15\nsudo \/etc\/init.d\/openvas-scanner start\nsudo \/etc\/init.d\/openvas-manager start\nsudo \/etc\/init.d\/openvas-administrator restart\nsudo \/etc\/init.d\/greenbone-security-assistant restart\ntest -e \/var\/lib\/openvas\/users\/admin || sudo openvasad -c add_user -n admin -r Admin<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Step 4: Log into OpenVAS as &#8220;admin&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>Open https:\/\/localhost:9392\/ or start \"gsd\" on a command line as a regular user (not as root!).<\/pre>\n<p>Visit the official site here: <a title=\"OpenVAS Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.openvas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.openvas.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s most advanced Open Source vulnerability scanner OpenVAS is a framework of several services and tools offering a comprehensive and powerful vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management solution. The Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) is a framework of several services and tools offering a comprehensive and powerful vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management solution. 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