Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS)
This came across when I in search of Nessus for Ubuntu and I found some alternative "VS" (Vulnerability Scanner) to be replace and it act as same as Nessus. It's took time in search for the alternative software because the default Ubuntu repository send dont have Nessus.But you may add the repository if you insist to install Nessus in your Ubuntu.For me,I seem less trusting unknown repository and decided to look for OpenVas. Below I show you how to install an OpenVas tools for Vulnerability Scanner. *==============* About OpenVAS *==============* 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. The actual security scanner is accompanied with a daily updated feed of Network Vulnerability Tests (NVTs), over 18,000 in total (as of August 2010). All OpenVAS products are Free Software and mostly licensed under the GNU G...