OVAL简介
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) http://oval.mitre.org/
OVAL Schema分为三部分
* OVAL Definition Schema
* OVAL System Characteristics Schema
* OVAL Results Schema
另外官方提供interpreter binary以及source code供参考
http://oval.mitre.org/language/download/interpreter/index.html
OVAL-Compatible的公司
http://oval.mitre.org/compatible/declarations.html
OVAL的版本兼容问题
大版本之间不互相兼容。minor version升级则不会造成invalidate的问题
Version 5.1 of the OVAL Schema will include the following:
* addition of a xinetd test to the UNIX component schema
* addition of a slackware pkg info test to the Linux component schema