On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Vlatko Kosturjak <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I guess you're using remote checks which often can be unaccurate
> (especially if they rely on version check only) as linux distributions
> doesn't update the version if they fix only vulnerabilities. If you want
> more accurate results, I would suggest using local security checks. That
> means you need to provide credentials of target machines to OpenVAS.
>
> Hope it helps,

Hi Vlatko

I have ran the below command on the OpenVAS Server

openvas-client -q 127.0.0.1 9390 test test iptoscan.txt scanresults.html -T html

where iptoscan.txt contains IP of the targeted machine.

> more accurate results, I would suggest using local security checks. That
> means you need to provide credentials of target machines to OpenVAS.

Not sure i understand about your suggesttion. Please explain me with an example

Thanks and Regards

Kaushal
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