OpenVAS, the Open Vulnerability Assessment System, is an excellent framework that can be used to assess the vulnerabilities of our target. It is a fork of the Nessus project. Unlike Nessus, OpenVAS offers its feeds completely free of charge. As OpenVAS comes standard in Kali Linux, we will begin with configuration.
Let's begin the process of installing, configuring, and starting OpenVAS by navigating to its directory via a terminal window:
OpenVAS is installed by default and it only needs to be configured in order to be utilized.
From a terminal window, change your directory to the OpenVAS directory:
cd /usr/share/openvas/
Execute the following command:
openvas-mkcert
What we are performing in this step is creating the SSL certificate for the OpenVAS program:
Leave the default lifetime of the CA certificate as it is.
Update the certificate lifetime to match...