Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Second Edition

Finding vulnerabilities with OpenVAS

The Open Vulnerability Assessment Scanner (OpenVAS) is something that you would use to perform remote vulnerability scans. You can scan a

The big three security distros are Kali Linux, Parrot Linux, and Black Arch. They're aimed at security researchers and penetration testers, but they contain tools that would also be good for just a normal security administrator of either the Linux or Windows variety. OpenVAS is one such tool. All three of these security distros have their unique advantages and disadvantages, but since Kali is the most popular, we'll go with it for the demos.

You can download Kali Linux from https://www.kali.org/downloads/.

When you go to the Kali download page, you'll see lots of choices. ...