From owner-freebsd-security Mon Dec 18 1:55:19 2000 From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 01:55:16 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mail.unixguru.nl (unknown [212.204.178.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82AB937B402 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 01:55:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail.unixguru.nl (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8A6E744E80; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:55:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.unixguru.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D57614280; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:55:19 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:55:19 +0100 (CET) From: Richard Arends To: Some Person Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Security Update Tool.. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Some Person wrote: > My question is, is there a util yet that in theory (maybe if so, or if > someone writes one would work differently than what I'm imagining) queries a > central database with all the security advisories, checks the local system > for comparisons and vulnerabilities against that database and reports to the > user who ran the util. Take a look at Nessus. Nessus is a security tool. You have a client and a server. The server holds a database with known exploits for a number of os'es/applications etc. A cleint connects to the server and uses the database (plugins). Greetings, Richard. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message