Security Strategies in Windows Platforms and Applications, 3rd Edition

OpenVAS

The Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) is an open source framework of a collection of tools and services. These tools and services work together to scan multiple computers, identify known vulnerabilities on these computers, and provide a set of tools for reporting on and managing the mitigation of identified vulnerabilities. Many vulnerability assessors, auditors, penetration testers, and hackers use OpenVAS to search for security vulnerabilities. The OpenVAS framework is free to use and is frequently updated to identify the latest vulnerabilities. You can use OpenVAS to scan many computers, including those running Microsoft and non-Microsoft operating systems. The framework is very good at identifying the underlying operating ...