This package contains a base class for security scanner wrappers which share the same communication protocol: OSP (Open Scanner Protocol). OSP creates a unified interface for different security scanners and makes their control flow and scan results consistently available under the central Greenbone Vulnerability Manager service.

OSP is similar in many ways to GMP (Greenbone Management Protocol): XML-based, stateless and non-permanent connection.

The design supports wrapping arbitrary scanners with same protocol OSP, sharing the core daemon options while adding scanner specific parameters and options.