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diff --git a/network/openvas-administrator/README b/network/openvas-administrator/README deleted file mode 100644 index 7a0535f20a..0000000000 --- a/network/openvas-administrator/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ -OpenVAS stands for Open Vulnerability Assessment System and is a network -security scanner with associated tools like a graphical user front-end. The -core component is a server with a set of network vulnerability tests (NVTs) -to detect security problems in remote systems and applications. - -OpenVAS products are Free Software under GNU GPL and a fork of Nessus. - -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-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-manager 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 - -This package provides the OpenVAS administrator together with an init script -to start it at system startup. |