Hi,

Answer to point 3 can be this:
https://www.greenbone.net/en/community-edition/

Point2: Since the feed to GSM is consistent and it is well suited corporate
environment provides with more vulns than community edition GSA

Thanks
Shreyas

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On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 8:21 PM, Stewart Joseph <stew...@lekcomp.com> wrote:

> Hello.  I am trying to figure out OpenVAS and am sorting through
> differences in installs.  Some companies we deal with are too small and
> can’t afford managed services.  Ideally I’d want the install to update
> automatically, scan the subnet, and email a report to us on a schedule.
> That way we can see if they need us to come out and do anything and we
> won’t need to bill them monthly, just when they need us.  I installed the
> GCM but it didn’t have the alerts page so I installed the OpenVAS9 package
> on Ubuntu.  I come across a few general questions I’m hoping someone can
> explain.
>
>
>
>    1. Feeds:  The feeds doesn’t appear to be updating automatically.  Is
>    there a way to schedule updates in the web interface or do I need to
>    manually do it from the console?  I could probably write a script for it
>    but it would be nice if it was all done from a single interface.
>    2. Results:  In scanning my router, the Ubuntu install shows  only 4
>    issues.  2 medium and 2 low.  The GCE install shows 24 issues.  7 high, 12
>    medium, and 5 low.  Why such a huge disparity?  I’m just telling it to scan
>    the target IP.  Is there other configuring I should be doing?
>    3. Versions:  GSA vs GSM.  The Ubuntu install is GSA and has some
>    extra menus.  The GCE has GSM.  What is the difference in GSA and GSM?  The
>    page at http://www.openvas.org/about-software.html makes it seem like
>    GSA is the interface and GSM is the backend but the web interface on the
>    two boxes don’t appear to show that.  They look like 2 separate but very
>    similar products.
>    4. Performance page:  The Ubuntu install just shows a “Fallback
>    Report”.  The GCM has lots of graphs and such.  Is there a component or
>    dependency I’m missing?
>
>
>
> I’m still working through the manual to learn everything and I’ve been on
> the IRC for a bit.  I appreciate any additional assistance!
>
>
>
>
>
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