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diff --git a/network/openvas-client/README b/network/openvas-client/README index 0bebf56935..9b1a67f7a3 100644 --- a/network/openvas-client/README +++ b/network/openvas-client/README @@ -5,5 +5,26 @@ 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 scanner. 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-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 + This package provides the OpenVAS client. You need GTK libraries and OpenSSL are highly recommended, both of them are avalaible from Slackware. + +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major version transition: the +older openvas-libnasl and openvas-plugins packages no longer exists, +openvas-server has been replaced by the openvas-scanner package and there are +the new optional modules.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. |