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NAME

6       greenbone-nvt-sync - updates the OpenVAS security checks from Greenbone
7       Security Feed
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SYNOPSIS

10       greenbone-nvt-sync
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DESCRIPTION

13       The OpenVAS Scanner performs several security checks. These are  called
14       Network  Vulnerability  Tests  (NVTs) and are mostly implemented in the
15       programming language NASL. Some NVTs are wrappers for  external  tools.
16       As  new  security holes are published every day, new NVTs appear in the
17       Greenbone Security Feed. This feed is commercial and requires a respec‐
18       tive  subscription  key.   The OpenVAS project offers a free Feed which
19       can be issued via openvas-nvt-sync(8).
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21       The script greenbone-nvt-sync will fetch all new and  updated  security
22       checks  and  install  them at the proper location. Once this is done it
23       will try to restart the openvas-scanner(8) so that  the  new  NVTs  are
24       loaded and considered for new security scans. If your installation does
25       not allow automatic restart, you need to restart the scanner manually.
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SEE ALSO

29       For more information see: openvassd(8), openvas-nvt-feed(8)
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AUTHOR

33       This manual page was  written  by  Jan-Oliver  Wagner  <jan-oliver.wag‐
34       ner@greenbone.net>.
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36       The greenbone-nvt-sync script was written by Greenbone Networks GmbH.
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40The OpenVAS Project              January 2011            GREENBONE-NVT-SYNC(8)
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