What is openvas ???
is it a security scanner?
do i have to install this to get better secured?
openvas???
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Re: openvas???
It is the open source fork of Nessus (http://www.nessus.org), you can read more about it here: http://www.openvas.org
We'll be including it in an ASL module in the next few months. You can check it out now from the atomic repo, you'll find that this and/or nessus is what PCI DSS auditors are using to scan your systems for compliance. Its a great way to get ahead of those checks so nothing they tell you is a surprise, or on the other side you'll have the information you need to refute their findings.
We'll be including it in an ASL module in the next few months. You can check it out now from the atomic repo, you'll find that this and/or nessus is what PCI DSS auditors are using to scan your systems for compliance. Its a great way to get ahead of those checks so nothing they tell you is a surprise, or on the other side you'll have the information you need to refute their findings.
Re: openvas???
I am pretty sure the URL to Tenable is http://www.tenablesecurity.com/ 
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Re: openvas???
No it really is Nessus.org, even though its not an open source project any more. I believe you can use it for personal use, but we (Atomicorp/ART) are not allowed to redistribute 3.0 and up since they changed the license. OpenVAS is based on the 2.2 series, and has gone through a considerable amount of growth in the last few years. Its GPL'd so there are no issues with sharing it.