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author | dsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org> | 2012-09-16 11:21:57 -0400 |
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committer | dsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org> | 2012-09-16 19:42:58 -0400 |
commit | 53bbfd4a001380f2f38d79a90f9c0acf4ae09356 (patch) | |
tree | 8baec64268a7d6b961bbc01e8dbacf5a6682bff0 /network/openvas-libraries/README | |
parent | 354ec3a9a8015bbeee9a47e5bf75350107124c99 (diff) |
network/openvas-libraries: Removed (FTBFS)
Signed-off-by: dsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/network/openvas-libraries/README b/network/openvas-libraries/README deleted file mode 100644 index a41815ec35060..0000000000000 --- a/network/openvas-libraries/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,27 +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. - -This package provides the OpenVAS core libraries. 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 - -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major version transition: the -older openvas-libnasl and openvas-plugins packages no longer exists, -openvas-server has been replaced by the openvas-scanner package and there are -the new optional modules.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. |