Report Formats
Report Formats are plugins that create reports from scan results. This ranges from PDF documents according to corporate identity up to interactive reports such as the Greenbone Security Explorer. Also connectors to other applications (for example IDS or compliance management) can be implemented as such plugins.
Our support team is available for creating special or individual plugins. Please submit your ideas, proposals and drafts. The section Report Formats in our Learning Center shows how to organize and use the plugins.
Features of the Report Format plugin framework:
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Simple import/export: A plugin is always a single XML file.
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Customizable: Plugins can be furnished with parameters that can be changed via the graphical user interface according to needs.
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Content Type: Each plugin is associated with the type of the result. The terminology of HTTP is used here, for example "application/pdf", "graphics/png" or "text/plain".
Depending on the Content Type plugins appear in corresponding selections. For example, the types "text/*" appear for in-line content of emails.
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Signature support: Signatures for trustworthy plugins are provided via the Greenbone Security Feed. This way it can be verified that a imported plugin is certified by Greenbone.
Report Format Plugins for Download
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Greenbone Executive Report
This plugin creates a report summary with graphical elements as PDF file.
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Content Type: application/pdf |
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Sourcefire Host Input Import
This plugin creates a import file for the Sourcefire Defense Center. Please refer to the Sourcefire 3D System Host Input API Guide on how to run the import (page 96 in Version 4.9).
Download:
Content Type: text/csv |
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OVAL System Characteristics
This plugin creates a OVAL System Characteristics file. It assumes that a suitable scan was performed, see: OVAL SC in our Learning Center.
Download:
Content Type: text/xml |
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OVAL System Characteristics Archive
This plugin creates an archive with many OVAL System Characteristics files, one for each target system. It assumes that a suitable scan was performed, see: OVAL SC in our Learning Center.
Download:
Content Type: application/zip |
Default Report Formats
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CPE
Table of all detected products using the identification scheme Common Product Enumeration (CPE), always referring to the host system where found.
Content Type: text/csv |
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HTML
Detailed list with full textual description of found vulnerabilities including notes and with internal clickable cross-references. The document is kept neutral and does neither contain a Greenbone logo or any other hint on the origin. There are no links to external images. The HTML document is independent and can be used offline.
Content Type: text/html |
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ITG
Tabular overview on results of a IT-Grundschutz check. For each target system and each measure a result is provided.
Content Type: text/csv |
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LaTeX
Detailed list with full textual description of found vulnerabilities including notes and with internal clickable cross-references. This is a LaTeX source file that can be further customized or processed.
Content Type: text/plain |
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NBE
Reduced report in CSV format compatible with older Nessus generation. Notes, false positive marks, log category and other information will be missing as the NBE format does not support this.
Content Type: text/plain |
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PDF
Detailed list with full textual description of found vulnerabilities including notes and with internal clickable cross-references. The document is kept neutral and does neither contain a Greenbone logo or any other hint on the origin.
Content Type: application/pdf |
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TXT
Detailed list with full textual description of found vulnerabilities including notes. It is a text without formatting elements and can be used for example as text body for email notifications.
Content Type: text/plain |
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XML
The representation as XML is the elementary raw data format for scan results. It is the basis for any other Report Formats.
Content Type: text/xml |