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gsad(8) System Manager's Manual gsad(8)

NAME

gsad - Greenbone Security Assistant for the Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS)

SYNOPSIS

gsad OPTIONS

DESCRIPTION

Together, OpenVAS Scanner (openvassd(8)) and OpenVAS Manager (openvasmd(8)) provide the core functionality of the Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS), with OpenVAS Scanner handling the actual scan process and OpenVAS Manager adding various management functionalities to handle and organise scan results.

The Greenbone Security Assistant Daemon (gsad) is a web application that connects to the OpenVAS Manager to provide for a full-featured user interface for vulnerability management.

OPTIONS

-f, --foreground
Run in foreground.
--http-only
Serve HTTP only, without SSL.
--listen=ADDRESS
Listen on ADDRESS.
--mlisten=ADDRESS
Manager address.
-p, --port=PORT
Listen on port number PORT.
-m, --mport=PORT
Use manager port number PORT.
-r, --rport=PORT
Redirect HTTP from port number PORT.
--no-redirect
Don't redirect HTTP to HTTPS.
-R, --redirect
Redirect HTTP to HTTPS. This is default behaviour.
-k, --ssl-private-key=FILE
Use FILE as the private key for HTTPS
-c, --ssl-certificate=FILE
Use FILE as the certificate for HTTPS
--do-chroot
Do chroot and drop privileges.
--gnutls-priorities=PRIORITIES
GnuTLS priorities string.
--dh-params=FILE
Diffie-Hellman parameters file for PFS support. Functional only with Libmicrohttpd 0.9.35 and higher.
-v, --verbose
Print progress messages.
-V, --version
Print version.
--http-frame-opts=FRAME-OPTS
X-Frame-Options HTTP header. Defaults to "SAMEORIGIN".
--http-csp=CSP
Content-Security-Policy HTTP header. Defaults to "default-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' blob:; frame-ancestors 'self'" --http-frame-opts=FRAME-OPTS X-Frame-Options HTTP header. Defaults to ""
--http-csp=CSP
Content-Security-Policy HTTP header. Defaults to "default-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' blob:; frame-ancestors *"
-?, --help
Show help.

EXAMPLES

gsad

Start gsad with the default port configuration and listen on port 443 for HTTPS requests.

SEE ALSO

openvassd(8), Bopenvasad(8), omp(8), openvasmd(8), gsd(8)

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPENVAS PROJECT

The canonical places where you will find more information about the OpenVAS project are: http://www.openvas.org/ (Official site) http://wald.intevation.org/projects/openvas/ (Development Platform)

COPYRIGHT

The Greenbone Security Assistant is released under the GNU GPL, version 2, or, at your option, any later version.
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