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NAME¶
openvas-mkcert - Creates a scanner certificateSYNOPSIS¶
openvas-mkcert [-q] [-f]DESCRIPTION¶
The OpenVAS Scanner protects its communication with clients by using SSL. SSL requires the scanner to present a certificate to the client, and the client can optionally present a certificate to the scanner.This script openvas-mkcert creates a certificate authority (if none exists already) and generates the scanner certificate.
OPTIONS¶
-q quickly generates a new certificate, without asking any question-f force overwriting of already existing certificate files
SEE ALSO¶
openvassd(8), openvas-mkcert-client(1), openssl(1)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)
AUTHOR¶
openvas-mkcert was derived from nessus-mkcert which is was written by Michel Arboi <arboi@alussinan.org> and Renaud Deraison <deraison@cvs.nessus.org>January 2011 | The OpenVAS Project |