Subj : OPNSense security...
To   : Shurato
From : Arelor
Date : Thu Jun 18 2026 16:27:56

  Re: OPNSense security...
  By: Shurato to Arelor on Wed Jun 17 2026 12:57 pm

 >
 > I've considered getting a Stingbox, I don'tknow if that would be equivalent.

Not really.

GreenBone is a frontend for OpenVAS and the idea is it has a *big* database of attacks which gets updated every so often, then it runs it against your stuff and if an attack gets through it reports you have a vulnerable service.

So basically you have your GreenBone box somewhere and it runs attacks against your stuff using known exploits and sends you a report if something cracks.

Some attacks in the database are destructive (ie. they can bring your service down) and so you can enable or disable dangerous attacks in the configuration.


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