Author: jan
Date: 2007-08-02 01:06:52 +0200 (Thu, 02 Aug 2007)
New Revision: 355
Modified:
trunk/openvas-client/ChangeLog
trunk/openvas-client/Makefile
trunk/openvas-client/doc/OpenVAS-Client.1.in
trunk/openvas-client/nessus/OpenVAS-Client.desktop
Log:
Basis of this are the patches by Javier Fern?\195?\161ndez-Sanguino
Pe?\195?\177a
for the Debian package.
* doc/OpenVAS-Client.1.in: Replaced Nessus (nessusd, ...)
by OpenVAS (openvasd, ...).
* Makefile: Fixed cleanup routines.
* nessus/OpenVAS-Client.desktop: Added spanish.
Modified: trunk/openvas-client/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/openvas-client/ChangeLog 2007-08-01 22:02:11 UTC (rev 354)
+++ trunk/openvas-client/ChangeLog 2007-08-01 23:06:52 UTC (rev 355)
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2007-08-02 Jan-Oliver Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+ Basis of this are the patches by Javier Fern�ndez-Sanguino Pe�a
+ for the Debian package.
+
+ * doc/OpenVAS-Client.1.in: Replaced Nessus (nessusd, ...)
+ by OpenVAS (openvasd, ...).
+
+ * Makefile: Fixed cleanup routines.
+
+ * nessus/OpenVAS-Client.desktop: Added spanish.
+
2007-07-31 Jan-Oliver Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Post-release version bump.
Modified: trunk/openvas-client/Makefile
===================================================================
--- trunk/openvas-client/Makefile 2007-08-01 22:02:11 UTC (rev 354)
+++ trunk/openvas-client/Makefile 2007-08-01 23:06:52 UTC (rev 355)
@@ -63,11 +63,12 @@
cd nessus && $(MAKE) clean
cd libnessus && $(MAKE) clean
cd ssl && $(MAKE) clean
+ cd src/gui && $(MAKE) clean
distclean: clean
[ -z "${rootdir}" ] || rm -f ${rootdir}/include/config.h
${rootdir}/include/corevers.h
rm -f nessus.tmpl doc/OpenVAS-Client.1.cat
- [ -z "${make_bindir}" ] || rm -f $(make_bindir)/[nN]essus*
+ [ -z "${make_bindir}" ] || rm -f $(make_bindir)/[oO]pen*
rm -f libtool config.cache config.status config.log
rm -f openvasclient-mkcert
rm -f ${MAN_NESSUS_1}
Modified: trunk/openvas-client/doc/OpenVAS-Client.1.in
===================================================================
--- trunk/openvas-client/doc/OpenVAS-Client.1.in 2007-08-01 22:02:11 UTC
(rev 354)
+++ trunk/openvas-client/doc/OpenVAS-Client.1.in 2007-08-01 23:06:52 UTC
(rev 355)
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
-.TH NESSUSCLIENT 1 "November 2005" "The Nessus Project" "Users Manuals"
+.TH OPENVASCLIENT 1 "August 2007" "The OpenVAS Project" "Users Manuals"
.SH NAME
-NessusClient \- The client part of the Nessus Security Scanner
+OpenVAS-Client \- The client part of the OpenVAS Security Scanner
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B NessusClient [\|-v\|] [\|-h\|] [\|-n\|] [\|-T\|
+.B OpenVAS-Client [\|-v\|] [\|-h\|] [\|-n\|] [\|-T\|
.IB <type> \|]\ [\|-q\ [\|-pPS\|]\ "host port user password targets
results\|" ]
.P
-.B NessusClient -i in.[nsr|nbe] -o out.[html|xml|nsr|nbe]
+.B OpenVAS-Client -i in.[nsr|nbe] -o out.[html|xml|nsr|nbe]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
-.B Nessus Security Scanner
+.B OpenVAS Security Scanner
is a security auditing tool made up of two parts: a server, and a client.
The server,
-.B nessusd
+.B openvasd
is in charge of the attacks, whereas the client
-.B NessusClient
+.B OpenVAS-Client
provides an interface to the user.
-.B NessusClient
-is an X11 client based on the Gimp ToolKit (GTK).
+.B OpenVAS-Client
+is an X11 client based on GTK+2.
This man page explains how to use the client.
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
.TP
.B "-n, --no-pixmaps"
-no pixmaps. This is handy if you are running NessusClient on a remote computer.
+no pixmaps. This is handy if you are running OpenVAS-Client on a remote
computer.
.TP
.B "-q, --batch-mode"
-quiet mode or batch mode. Setting this option makes NessusClient
+quiet mode or batch mode. Setting this option makes OpenVAS-Client
expect all of the following settings.
.RS
.RI -p
@@ -52,19 +52,19 @@
.RI \(bu\ host
.RS
is the
-.B nessusd
+.B openvasd
host to whom you will connect.
.RE
.RI \(bu\ port
.RS
is the port to which you will connect on the remote
-.B nessusd
+.B openvasd
host.
.RE
.RI \(bu\ user
.RS
is the user name to use to connect to
-.BR nessusd .
+.BR openvasd .
.RE
.RI \(bu\ password
.RS
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
.TP
.BI "-r " <report-file> ", --open-report=" <report-file>
Using the GUI,
-.B NessusClient
+.B OpenVAS-Client
visualizes a report file from a previous session. Repeating this option,
more files are displayed.
@@ -111,30 +111,30 @@
.SH The X11 interface
-The NessusClient interface is divided in several panels:
-.IP "\(bu The \*(lqNessusd host\*(rq section: "
+The OpenVAS-Client interface is divided in several panels:
+.IP "\(bu The \*(lqOpenvasd host\*(rq section: "
In this section, you must enter the
-.B nessusd
+.B openvasd
host to whom you will connect, as well as the port. You must also enter your
-.B nessusd
+.B openvasd
user name and your password (not the one of the system). Once you are done, you
must click on the \*(lqLog in\*(rq button, which will establish the
connection to the
-.B nessusd
+.B openvasd
host.
.br
Once the connection is established,
-.B nessusd
+.B openvasd
sends to the client the list of attacks it will perform, as well as the
default preferences to use.
.IP "\(bu The \*(lqTarget Selection\*(rq section: "
\(bu In this section, you are required to enter the primary target. A
primary target
-may be a single host (e.g. prof.fr.nessus.org), an IP (e.g. 192.168.1.1), a
-subnet (e.g. 192.168.1.1/24 or prof.fr.nessus.org), or a list of hosts,
-separated by commas (e.g. 192.168.1.1, 192.168.2.1/24, prof.fr.nessus.org,
-joyeux.fr.nessus.org).
+may be a single host (e.g. x.y.test), an IP (e.g. 192.168.1.1), a
+subnet (e.g. 192.168.1.1/24 or x.y.test), or a list of hosts,
+separated by commas (e.g. 192.168.1.1, 192.168.2.1/24, x.y.test,
+a.b.test).
.br
@@ -142,33 +142,33 @@
\*(lqMax Hosts\*(rq entry.
This is a feature that prevents you from scanning too many machines;
or accidentally scanning other machines.
-(For instance, if you only plan to test prof.fr.nessus.org and
-www.fr.nessus.org, you can safely set this entry to \*(lq2\*(rq).
+(For instance, if you only plan to test x.y.info and
+a.b.info, you can safely set this entry to \*(lq2\*(rq).
.br
\(bu This panel also allows you to enable the \*(lqPerform a DNS zone
transfer\*(rq
option. This option is dangerous and should be enabled with caution.
-For instance, if you want to test www.nessus.org, then if this option is set,
-.B nessusd
-will attempt to get the list of the hosts in the \*(lqnessus.org\*(rq
+For instance, if you want to test www.x.test, then if this option is set,
+.B openvasd
+will attempt to get the list of the hosts in the \*(lqx.test\*(rq
domain.
This option may be dangerous. For instance, if you enable it and you ask to
test 192.168.1.1/24, then
-.B nessusd
+.B openvasd
will do a reverse lookup on
.I every
IP, and will attempt a DNS zone transfer on every domain. That is, if
-192.168.1.1 is www.foo.bar, and 192.168.1.10 is mail.bar.foo, then
-a DNS zone transfer will be made on the domains \*(lqfoo.bar\*(rq
-and \*(lqbar.foo\*(rq.
+192.168.1.1 is www.x.test, and 192.168.1.10 is mail.x.test, then
+a DNS zone transfer will be made on the domains \*(lqx.test\*(rq
+and \*(lqtest.x\*(rq.
.IP "\(bu The \*(lqPlugins\*(rq section"
Once you have successfully logged into the remote
-.B nessusd
+.B openvasd
server,
this section is filed with the list of the attacks that the server will
perform. This panel is divided in two parts: the plugins families, and
@@ -179,14 +179,14 @@
.SH Report conversion
.P
You can use
-.B NessusClient
+.B OpenVAS-Client
to do conversion between formats used for reports. Nessus can take
any NSR or NBE reports and change them into HTML, XML, NSR or NBE reports.
.P
Please note that the XML report provides usually more information
about the scan itself NSR or NBE formats do not include in the report.
.P
-Basically, XML is a merge between the .nbe reports and the .nessusrc
+Basically, XML is a merge between the .nbe reports and the .openvasrc
configuration file. You won't get extra verbosity or diagnosis info in
the XML report, but you'll know which plugins (and which version of
these plugins) have been enabled during the scan.
@@ -202,13 +202,13 @@
.B HOME
The path to the user's home directory which will hold the client
configuration cache
-.IR .nessusrc .
+.IR .openvasrc .
The path is refered to as
.IR ~/ ,
below.
.TP
-.B NESSUSHOME
+.B OPENVASHOME
If this environment variable is set, this path is used instead of the
path defined by the
.B HOME
@@ -221,50 +221,41 @@
.P
To run a batch scan from a cron job and publish it in a given
web space (
-.B /var/www/html/nessus/
+.B /var/www/html/openvas/
) try the following:
.P
-.B NessusClient -c /root/nessus/nessus.rc -T html -qx localhost 1241 batch
batch1
-.B /root/nessus/target /var/www/html/nessus/results.html
+.B OpenVAS-Client -c /root/openvas/openvas.rc -T html -qx localhost 1241 batch
batch1
+.B /root/openvas/target /var/www/html/openvas/results.html
.P
Make sure that paranoia level is
.B not
set in your
-.B nessus.rc
+.B openvas.rc
configuration file, otherwise the scan will not work
.SH FILES
.TP
-.I ~/.nessusrc
+.I ~/.openvasrc
is the client configuration file, which contains the options about which
-.B nessusd
+.B openvasd
server to connect to, which plugins to activate, and so on. The file is
created automatically if it does not exist.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR nessusclient-mkcert (1)
+.BR openvasclient-mkcert (1)
-.SH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NESSUS PROJECT
+.SH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPENVAS PROJECT
The canonical places where you will find more information
-about the Nessus project are:
+about the OpenVAS project are:
.RS
.UR
-http://www.nessus.org/
-.UE
-(Official site)
-.br
-.UR
-http://cvs.nessus.org/
-.UE
-(Developers site)
+http://www.openvas.org/
.RE
.SH AUTHORS
-The Nessus Project was started and is being maintained by Renaud Deraison
-<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. The
-.B nessusd
-server is Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Renaud Deraison
+Author of developments prior to the fork from NessusClient
+is Renaud Deraison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
Several other people have been kind enough to send patches and bug reports.
Thanks to them.
Modified: trunk/openvas-client/nessus/OpenVAS-Client.desktop
===================================================================
--- trunk/openvas-client/nessus/OpenVAS-Client.desktop 2007-08-01 22:02:11 UTC
(rev 354)
+++ trunk/openvas-client/nessus/OpenVAS-Client.desktop 2007-08-01 23:06:52 UTC
(rev 355)
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@
Terminal=false
Name=OpenVAS-Client
Name[de]=OpenVAS-Client
+Name[es]=OpenVAS-Cliente
Comment=GTK+-2 Client for OpenVAS and Nessus Security Scanners
Comment[de]=GTK+-2 Klient für OpenVAS und Nessus Sicherheits-Scanner
+Comment[es]=Cliente GTK+-2 para los analizadores de seguridad OpenVAS y Nessus
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