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Description

Using OpenVAS to scan a hosts or network for vulnerabilities.

Setup

  • A remote host with various network services (SSH, HTTP, DNS, SMTP ...); for example: a Linux server with OpenSSH, Apache HTTPd, ISC BIND, Postfix or Sendmail ...
  • Install OpenVAS packages:
yum install openvas-scanner openvas-libraries openvas-client

How to test

System and Network administrators, penetration testers, and security specialist.

  1. Start here ...
  2. Next do this ...
  3. Finally click that

Expected Results

The following must be true to consider this a successful test run. Be brief ... but explicit.

  1. Step #1 completes without error
  2. The system boots into runlevel 5
  3. Program completes wth exit code 0