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authorMarco Bonetti <sid77@slackware.it>2010-05-13 00:37:45 +0200
committerDavid Somero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>2010-05-13 00:37:45 +0200
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@@ -5,9 +5,23 @@ to detect security problems in remote systems and applications.
OpenVAS products are Free Software under GNU GPL and a fork of Nessus.
-This package provides the OpenVAS core libraries. To build OpenVAS server,
-you have to compile and install the packages in the the following sequence:
+This package provides the OpenVAS core libraries. To build a complete OpenVAS
+scanner installation, however, you have to compile and install the packages in
+the following sequence:
1. openvas-libraries
- 2. openvas-libnasl
- 3. openvas-server
- 4. openvas-plugins
+ 2. openvas-scanner
+ 3. openvas-client
+
+The openvas-client GUI is needed to interact with the OpenVAS scanner, however
+there are some new optional modules:
+ 1. openvas-scanner for storing and organizing scans on a central server in a
+ SQL database
+ 2. openvas-administrator for User-, Feed- and Settings-Management
+ 3. greenbone-security-assistant for a web-based Vulnerability Management
+
+As a last note, keep in mind that this is a major version transition: the
+older openvas-libnasl and openvas-plugins packages no longer exists,
+openvas-server has been replaced by the openvas-scanner package and there are
+the new optional modules. A straight upgradepkg (with removal of deprecated
+packages) *SHOULD* work but also consider to backup your old configuration and
+starting over from a fresh OpenVAS installation.