OpenVAS – An Open Source Network Vulnerability Scanner

I was surfing and checking on security issues, and ran across this. It looks very cool! It can scan from a virtual appliance and check your network for security vulnerabilities. Very neat! Here’s what they say about features:

Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS)

“The Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) is a framework of several services and tools offering a comprehensive and powerful vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management solution.

The actual security scanner is accompanied with a daily updated feed of Network Vulnerability Tests (NVTs), over 30,000 in total (as of April 2013).

All OpenVAS products are Free Software. Most components are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL).”