PFSense with Vulnerability Scanner / Openvas

kfkehua · May 10, 2018, 6:02 PM

Hi, we are looking to have a vulnerability scanner ( for example OpenVAS). I noticed it doesn't have OpenVAS in the PFsense repo.
How do I install from the BSD package? Any feedback or suggestion would be appreciated.

KOM · May 10, 2018, 7:44 PM

How do I install from the BSD package?

You don't. Netgate strongly advises to not install random stuff on pfSense as you may break existing functionality or your random stuff might get borked during a pfSense upgrade.

Just run OpenVAS in a VM.

jimp · May 14, 2018, 2:54 PM

That is definitely not something you want running on the firewall.

Setup another system. Install Kali in a VM and you can use it very easily. But don't try to make that run on the firewall.