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@jjnicola jjnicola released this 04 Dec 15:25
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This is the second beta release of the openvas-scanner module 6.0 for the
Greenbone Vulnerability Management (GVM) framework.

The module covers a number of significant advances and clean-ups.

Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this release:
Hani Benhabiles, Christian Fischer, Matt Mundell, Juan Jose Nicola,
Bjoern Ricks, Jan-Oliver Wagner and Michael Wiegand.

Main changes compared to openvas-scanner 6.0+beta1:

  • A new command line option 'scan-start' with a scan ID has been added. This
    add support for non-OTP clients.
  • Handling of vhosts and multiple domain names has been improved.
  • Setting 'kb_location' has been renamed to 'db_address'.
  • Cleanup of plugin child processes has been improved.
  • Routines for tcp and udp required ports checks have been improved.
  • An issue caused by password quotation has been addressed.
  • Script version has been removed.
  • Script copyright has been removed.
  • An issue which caused a hanging scan process has been addressed.
  • An issue related to WMI_HANDLE which caused a segmentation fault has
    been addressed.
  • NASL get_host_names() API has been added.
  • Several code style improvements have been done.
  • Several performance improvements have been done.
  • The plugin scheduler has been improved.
  • Define MAXPATHLEN for specific downstream architectures.
  • An issue which caused parameter pollution in certain NASL functions
    has been addressed.
  • NASL function resolve_host_name() has been added.
  • Unused preference use_mac_addr has been removed.
  • Issues in building process have been addressed.
  • Defaults to expand_vhosts if no preference was given is set to yes.
  • NASL function get_ssl_compression() has been removed.
  • Compatibility mode in GnuTLS priority string has been enabled.
  • GnuTLS RC4 + COMPAT in set_gnutls_protocol() have been enabled.
  • Several issues reported by Coverity have been addressed.
  • Documentation has been improved.