Hi, it is getting time to bring OpenVAS on the track to 3.0.
First of all: I was initially thinking that we will have a 2.1 release first. However, IMHO the significant changes in architecture and features justify a 3.0. Main idea: OpenVAS 3.0 introduce various new features and a improved internal architcture. But it should not make OpenVAS-Manager mandatory yet. It rather should recommend to try out OpenVAS-Manager, because it will be supported well by OpenVAS 3.0. OpenVAS 4.0 should then have OpenVAS-Manager as mandatory default (while OTP is still being supported). OpenVAS 5.0 should not support OTP anymore - OMP is the protocol every client uses. New Features and changes in OpenVAS 3.0: * Drop module openvas-libnasl (done) * Drop module openvas-plugins (done) * IPv6 Support (in progress) * WMI-client support (done) * OpenVAS-Client depends on openvas-libraries (done) * OpenVAS-Client supports OMP (in progress) * OpenVAS-Client migrates from OpenSSL to GNU/TLS (in progress) * OpenVAS-Client offer command line client for OMP (in progress) * OpenVAS-Client compiles for Windows (in progress) * OpenVAS-Server uses new NVT cache (faster, no size limits for NVTs in the future) What I like to change for 3.0 also: * rename openvasd to openvassd for scan daemon. This would be in line with openvasmd (manager daemon) and openvascd (configuration daemon) * In fact, rename "openvas-server" to "openvas-scanner" because "server" is a bit too generic. * new rules file format. The rules are really badly managed. * new openvas(s)d.conf format: use keyfile here. Timeline: Have 3.0.0beta1 in October. Have 3.0.0 before Christmas. Please feel free to add things I forgot or you would like to add. Any other comments welcome as well. Perhaps we can generate some CRs out of this discussion. Anyone volunteering to create a nice roadmap webpage? (http://www.openvas.org/roadmap.html is a bit, well ... thin) All the best Jan -- Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner | ++49-541-335084-0 | http://www.greenbone.net/ Greenbone Networks GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 Osnabrück AG Osnabrück, HR B 202460 | Geschäftsführer: Lukas Grunwald, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner _______________________________________________ Openvas-devel mailing list Openvas-devel@wald.intevation.org http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-devel
