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.
The above is much cut and paste from the OpenVAS website. I’m writing this blog post because I have talked to many security professionals that miss-like that Nessus went closed source, and dont know about the OpenVAS fork.
OpenVAS-Server is a forked development of Nessus 2.2. The fork happened because the major development (Nessus 3) changed to a proprietary license model and the development of Nessus 2.2.x is practically closed for third party contributors. OpenVAS continues as Free Software under the GNU General Public License with a transparent and open development style.
And that is what we like, right?
GameLinux 
Hi,
I am new in Openvas software.
i want to use openvas remotely. the server has valid ip but the client machine has not valid ip.
how i can use openvas?
best regards
ahmadi
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Now thats a bit difficult, but doable if you know how 🙂 One would need more info to tell you how…
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