Hello thomas,
On Freitag, 29. August 2008, Thomas Olofsson wrote:
> My name is Thomas Olofsson (skjortan) on efnet. and has been working
> with network and application security for the past ten years.
> I did use nessus from time to time up till the 2.x release. and before
> then i used s.a.t.a.n. Currently i am mostly working with pure
> application/code security and do not do much network scans other then
> as a part test for some PCI compliance evaluation.
>
> I was very happy when i read about the OpenVas project and i have
> synced the repository and almost gotten it to build. I must say that i
> am very impressed with the amount of work you guys have done so far.
> Especially with all the licensing issues. It is really nice to see a
> working Open branch again.
>
> I am very much looking forward to contibute to this project that i
> really think is helping the both the security and the open source
> comunity.
you are welcome!
> Now to my thoughts on the last days discussions regarding external .sig
> formats.
>
> Start with .nasl and do them good. It is allways tempting to get input
> from other sources but the build is not even stable yet. I think we
> should start with a stable platform that builds on anything, with
> working .nasl scripts for the most obvious things (windows/smb) and
> major vendor network services.
>
> There is a lot of job just getting up an running, producing decent
> scan results.
Indeed!
Collecting/sharing ideas is a good thing though.
Also, the principle idea to not do things twice is a good one
and opportunities (e.g. oval) are worth evaluating.
Best
Jan
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