-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Openvas-discuss] Some OpenVAS questions From: Robert Rich <[email protected]> To: Michiel van Es <[email protected]>, Jan-Oliver Wagner <[email protected]> Date: 10/01/2009 05:51 PM
> I _think_ the reason for the dearth of options in this space is that as > soon as someone comes up with something interesting, they turn it into a > commercial service. Consider that Nessus has been around for over 10 > years and you still have very little to choose from. > > My suggestion would be to try out Inprotect and/or Autonessus to run the > scans, parse the results and store the data, and then use your own > reporting tools on top of that to get the output format and content you > are after. There are some incredibly advanced open source reporting and > business intelligence tools (Pentaho comes to mind), or you can use > whatever may already be in place at your organization. Regardless, > there *is* going to be some work on your end, possibly a significant > amount of it, but there are enough pieces and parts out there today that > you don't have to do it from scratch. Yes I will try to ask the Inprotect guys if they can change it or give mesome tips :) Alienvault is also using an Openvas web based tool , I can try them also. > > Good luck! > Thanks! Michiel > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] on behalf of Michiel > van Es > Sent: Thu 10/1/2009 11:11 AM > To: Jan-Oliver Wagner > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Openvas-discuss] Some OpenVAS questions > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Openvas-discuss] Some OpenVAS questions > From: Jan-Oliver Wagner <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > Date: 10/01/2009 05:01 PM > >> Hello, >> >> On Donnerstag, 1. Oktober 2009, Michiel van Es wrote: >>> First of all I would like to say thank you for such a nice open source >>> and free alternative for Nessus. >> >> thanks! > > :) > >> >>> I am using OpenVAS with the OpenVAS-client to scan my networks but are >>> there any tools like Inprotect to manage these scans? >>> I see Autonessus but is there also a tool which can create pie charts or >>> pdf's. >>> The html is very very nice but I want to create a report over the last >>> month, year etc and pie charts and some nice graps help convincing my >>> management ;) >> >> Many OpenVAS users dump the results into a database and create their >> own reporting mechanism based on this. > > Hmm would be nice if users share it with the community (so OpenVAS can > grow bigger and have more potential). > >> >> Greenbone is currently working on the "Greenbone Security Assistant" (gsa) >> which should support in this direction as a web front end. >> However, the backend for this is openvas-manager. > > Greenbone is a paid solution right? If so I can also pay a Nessus > professional feed license and use Nessus with Inprotect. > I am looking for a free as in free beer solution :) > Sorry but my company is on a low budget that is why I am looking for > free beer alternatives ;) > >> >> All the best >> > Regards, > > Michiel > >> Jan >> > _______________________________________________ > Openvas-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss > _______________________________________________ Openvas-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss
