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The Queen'S College It Open Morning: Openvas

OpenVAS is an open source vulnerability scanning and penetration testing tool that can perform both authenticated and unauthenticated scans to detect outdated software, unknown installed software, and bad configurations. It can be installed internally or via IT services and alternatives include Nessus, Nmap, and vulnerability scanning tools included in Kali Linux. A blog post describes how a Windows system administrator installed and used OpenVAS.

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The Queen'S College It Open Morning: Openvas

OpenVAS is an open source vulnerability scanning and penetration testing tool that can perform both authenticated and unauthenticated scans to detect outdated software, unknown installed software, and bad configurations. It can be installed internally or via IT services and alternatives include Nessus, Nmap, and vulnerability scanning tools included in Kali Linux. A blog post describes how a Windows system administrator installed and used OpenVAS.

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The Queen’s College

IT Open Morning
OpenVAS
What does it do?
• Penetration Testing/Vulnerability Scanning
• Both authenticated and unauthenticated scans
• Detects out of date software
• Tells you about software you probably didn’t know was installed
• Highlights known bad configurations
Alternatives…
• Nessus
• Hosted internally
• or via IT Services
• Nmap
• Kali Linux (a full suite of tools including OpenVAS)
A Windows SysAdmin Installs
OpenVAS
http://myworldofit.net/?series=a-windows-sysadmin-installs-and-uses-
openvas
IIS Crypto
https://www.nartac.com/Products/IISCrypto/
Further Reading
• OpenVAS http://www.openvas.org/
• myworldofit.net http://myworldofit.net/?series=a-windows-
sysadmin-installs-and-uses-openvas
• Greenbone Security Manager https://www.greenbone.net/en/
• Kali Linux https://www.kali.org
• IIS Crypto https://www.nartac.com/Products/IISCrypto/
• Lynda.com https://www.lynda.com/Linux-tutorials/Introduction-Kali-
Linux/455715-2.html

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