I'll take care of the docs this week. I actually do my testing using VirtualBox so it does work. The default is to use NAT, but to scan anything on your local network you need to change the networking to bridge mode. Did you do that?
-geoff --------------------------------- Geoff Galitz Blankenheim NRW, Germany http://www.galitz.org/ http://german-way.com/blog/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:openvas-discuss- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jan-Oliver Wagner > Sent: Donnerstag, 18. März 2010 08:32 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Openvas-discuss] new OpenVAS vm versions > > Hi Geoff, > > On Donnerstag, 18. März 2010, Geoff Galitz wrote: > > I just put a out a new beta2 of the OpenVAS virtual appliance that > supports > > a locally installed GUI. So there are two versions: > > > > 1) Console only version which has all OpenVAS components, but you need > to > > use a web browser on a different system to access the web interface. > This > > one is small and fast. > > > > 2) A virtual appliance that has everything (including KDE and Firefox) > and > > even autolaunches the web browser. This one is bigger and a bit slower. > > > > If you plan on scanning more than a couple machines using the appliance, > > make sure you increase the amount of RAM. It comes pre-configured for > 1GB, > > but you will need to increase it if you plan on scanning an entire /24 > size > > network. > > yesterday night I tried the one you published before but I wasn't > successful to > get it to work with my VirtualBox with regard to networking. > It might have been my fault though. > > What would be good is to have a short howto on how to get it working > in various VM environments. > > Also, a howto for creating the VM would be good. > Especially this could cover a description how to create > the small and the big version (aka. without its own GUI and with its own > GUI). > > I guess you haven't changes the networking part for the new release > so I will first try to get the previous image to run properly. > > Anyone out there who was successful with VirtualBox? > > Best > > Jan > > -- > Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner | ++49-541-335084-0 | http://www.greenbone.net/ > Greenbone Networks GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 Osnabrück | AG Osnabrück, > HR B 202460 > Geschäftsführer: Lukas Grunwald, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner > _______________________________________________ > 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
