Personally, I would like to see at least these two features in 3.0: - Integration of a library for doing the ssh stuff - Service identification revamped/nmap
We also should have logging done right at some point. I expect this being too much work for 3.0, though (correct me). -- felix On Thursday 03 September 2009 15:24:27 Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote: > 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 -- Felix Wolfsteller | ++49-541-335 08 3451 | http://www.intevation.de/ PGP Key: 39DE0100 Intevation GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 Osnabrück | AG Osnabrück, HR B 18998 Geschäftsführer: Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner _______________________________________________ Openvas-devel mailing list Openvas-devel@wald.intevation.org http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-devel
