Bot intelligence record

OpenVAS

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OpenVAS is a security scanner from Greenbone / OpenVAS used for security scanning, malware checks, vulnerability assessment, certificate review; it appears in server logs as `OpenVAS`.

Vulnerability Scanner Vulnerability Scanning Documented Confidence: Medium Verified: Yes robots.txt: Unknown
Source type
Observed
Last checked
2026-06-22

User-Agent Pattern

Greenbone / OpenVAS
OpenVAS
Verification note

User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.

Robots.txt Snippet

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User-agent: OpenVAS
Disallow: /

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Handling Guidance

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Use this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.

OpenVAS is used for security scanning, malware checks, vulnerability assessment, certificate review, and site-safety analysis.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
Greenbone / OpenVAS
Family
Greenbone / OpenVAS
Type
Vulnerability Scanner
Purpose
Vulnerability Scanning
Identity type
Documented
Confidence
Medium
Last verified
2026-06-22
Last checked
2026-06-22
Source type
Observed
Verification
Verify OpenVAS by matching `OpenVAS` to Greenbone / OpenVAS evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
Spoofing risk
OpenVAS has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.

Notes

  • OpenVAS is a security scanner from Greenbone / OpenVAS used for security scanning, malware checks, vulnerability assessment, certificate review, and site-safety analysis.
  • Its primary user-agent pattern is OpenVAS.
  • OpenVAS is verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Documented, and the evidence basis is observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence.
  • OpenVAS does not have confirmed robots.txt behavior in the available public evidence.
  • OpenVAS should be monitored first, then rate-limited or blocked if the crawl rate, paths, or behavior are unwanted.

Evidence and Source

  • Verify OpenVAS by matching `OpenVAS` to Greenbone / OpenVAS evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
  • OpenVAS traffic is primarily detected by the `OpenVAS` user-agent pattern. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Greenbone / OpenVAS infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
  • OpenVAS is used for security scanning, malware checks, vulnerability assessment, certificate review, and site-safety analysis.
  • OpenVAS has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.

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