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  OpenVAS is a framework of several services and tools offering a comprehensive and powerful vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management solution. The framework is part of Greenbone Networks' commercial vulnerability management solution from which developments are contributed to the Open Source community since 2009. in kali openvas is not present by default. We have to install it manually, for installing openvas open a terminal and enter apt install openvas to open openvas Goto Applications >> Vulnerability Analysis >> openvas start         login with your username and password, the default username is admin and the default password is created at the end of installation. If you missed the password just reset it by using the command openvasmd --user=admin –new-password=admin123 ( give your desired password) After logging in the dashboard will be like this  

          Vulnerability scanning is a crucial phase of a penetration test and having an updated vulnerability scanner in your security toolkit can often make a real difference by helping you discover overlooked vulnerable items. OpenVAS is a framework of several services and tools offering a comprehensive and powerful vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management solution. The actual security scanner is accompanied with a regularly updated feed of Network Vulnerability Tests (NVTs), over 47,000 in total (as of June 2016). All OpenVAS products are Free Software. Most components are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL).     Architecture Overview The OpenVAS Manager is the central service that consolidates plain vulnerability scanning into a full vulnerability management solution. The Manager controls the Scanner via OTP (OpenVAS Transfer Protocol) and itself offers the XML-based, stateles