Looking for vulnerabilities with OpenVAS and Greenbone

Conclusion

This article provided an introduction to OpenVAS and the Greenbone Security Assistant, which come pretty much ready to run – after a couple of straightforward steps – with Kali Linux. OpenVAS is a powerful tool for analyzing potential security issues, and Greenbone offers an intuitive interface for managing your OpenVAS scans and organizing the results.

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