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diff --git a/network/openvas-client/README b/network/openvas-client/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0bebf56935 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/openvas-client/README @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +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. + +This package provides the OpenVAS client. You need GTK libraries and +OpenSSL are highly recommended, both of them are avalaible from Slackware. |