----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Spenner" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 8, 2016 11:46:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [Open-scap] Testing OpenScap, but no vulns show up
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/8/16 10:58 AM, Joseph Spenner wrote:
> > Hello, I am testing after installing with the following instructions:
> > https://www.open-scap.org/resources/documentation/perform-vulnerability-scan-of-rhel-6-machine/
> >
> > I downloaded CentOS 6.0 to use for a test, thinking there should be
> > plenty of vulnerabilities since this was such an older release.
> > However, I got zero vulnerabilities.
> >
> > Is this an invalid test?
> 
> CentOS is (unsupported) community software, they do not publish or
> maintain vulnerability information in OVAL formats.
> 
> You'll want to re-run your test on RHEL :)
> 
> ====================================
> 
> Oh, I didn't know about this limitation, but it makes sense.  I did find a
> workaround:
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-list/2014-November/msg00007.html
> 
> Thanks for the reply!

Keep in mind that the workaround is no longer necessary, SSG publishes
content for CentOS now. Check out ssg-centos7-ds.xml for an example.

Furthermore, this workaround will not help you with vulnerabilities. It will
only let security benchmarks for RHEL be usable on CentOS.

-- 
Martin Preisler
Identity Management and Platform Security | Red Hat, Inc.

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