OpenVAS

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OpenVAS
[[Programmer|DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Greenbone Networks GmbH
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Operating systemCross-platform
TypeVulnerability scanner
LicenseGPL
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OpenVAS (Open Vulnerability Assessment Scanner, originally known as GNessUs) is the scanner component of Greenbone Vulnerability Management (GVM), a software framework of several services and tools offering vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management.[1]

Greenbone Community Edition is free software, and most components are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Plugins for Greenbone Vulnerability Management are written in the Nessus Attack Scripting Language, NASL. Greenbone also offer OpenVAS BASIC and OpenVAS SCAN on a subscription basis.

History

Greenbone Vulnerability Manager began under the name of OpenVAS, and before that the name GNessUs, as a fork of the previously open source Nessus scanning tool, after its developers Tenable Network Security changed it to a proprietary (closed source) license in October 2005.[2] OpenVAS was originally proposed by pentesters at SecuritySpace,[3] discussed with pentesters at Portcullis Computer Security[4] and then announced[5] by Tim Brown on Slashdot.

Greenbone Vulnerability Manager is a member project of Software in the Public Interest.[6]

Structure

The OpenVAS 8 Structure

There is a daily updated feed of Network Vulnerability Tests (NVTs). As of January 2019, there were over 50,000 NVTs.[7]

Documentation

The OpenVAS protocol structure aims to be well-documented to assist developers. The OpenVAS Compendium is a publication of the OpenVAS Project that delivers documentation on OpenVAS.

See also

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."GMV tools - Glossary". Greenbone Networks GmbH. 22 March 2023. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.LeMay, Renai (6 October 2005). "Nessus security tool closes its source". CNet.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SecuritySpace". www.securityspace.com.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Portcullis Labs". labs.portcullis.co.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nessus Closes Source". Slashdot. 7 October 2005. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."[Openvas-discuss] Log from SPI board meeting". lists.wald.intevation.org. 7 July 2007. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About Greenbone Community Feed (GCF)". Greenbone Community Forum. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2023.

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