Right, I've found the problem. It seems that you have to tell openvassd to ensure its source IP addresses matches the local IP addresses used on the networks it's scanning; otherwise it uses the...

Background:-
I've installed Back|Track 5R3 on a VM (in a VMware environment) to evaluate it, connected to a live network with a connection to the Internet, and updated it with the latest packages....

Thanks. I guess the fact it hasn't appeared after 4 days would probably mean something went wrong somewhere. I'll recreate the issue and repost my query (and save it this time!).

Just curious as I'm sure I posted a query (which I didn't save) about issues I'm having with OpenVAS on Monday and not only am I not seeing it on the forum, but I have no idea if it is still in the...

Probably because they're concentrating on the tools and not the operating system. The O/S isn't hugely important as long as it is capable of running the tools (and is capable of being secured from an...

Right. I've fixed the setup-unicornscan.sh script so that it works on my installation of Back|Track 5 R3 (and should be capable of being run multiple times, should the need arise). The whole script...

I've gone through this, and got an error reporting that "1 of 1 hunks FAILED". However, instead of stopping on this error, it continued and asked me for the details to use to create the unicornscan...