Talk:OpenVAS

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Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Just noticed that this project was removed from SPI's project list per this article:

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/22/1815246

This is no longer valid (since 2007: https://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2007/2007-06-18.iwj.2/ + https://www.spi-inc.org/projects/) 3l2C6qTCYyKBJ (talk) 09:02, 3 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

OpenVAS -> GVM

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The OpenVAS framework got renamed to Greenbone Vulnerability Management (GVM) and OpenVAS (now Open Vulnerability Assessment Scanner) is now only a part of it.

See the following resources for more background info:

https://community.greenbone.net/t/about-gvm-architecture/1231
https://community.greenbone.net/t/openvas-open-vulnerability-assessment-scanner/2623
--3l2C6qTCYyKBJ (talk) 21:41, 6 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

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Removed from SPI's project list

OpenVAS -> GVM