Subj : OPNSense security...
To   : Arelor
From : Shurato
Date : Thu Jun 18 2026 17:46:00


* In a message originally to Shurato, Arelor said:

 > 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.

Cool!  I'll look into that.

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