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In keeping with the annual release cycle, the new generation of OpenVAS-6 [1] has been released. The open framework for vulnerability scanning and management, OpenVAS 6 introduces a comprehensively extended and improved feature set. Main advances/improvements were under taken in three domains: 1. improvements to the user interface for power users as well as for beginners, 2. comprehensive integration of international and regional security information and 3. integration with the security tool chain. Highlights of this new release are the power filter concept and security information management. The latter integrates not only official cross reference of SCAP data right into scan results; with integrating security data of a major German computer emergency response team, DFN-CERT [2], it also adds analysis and reporting capabilities considering regional language and a regional security focus. Improved scan capabilities, password policies, a scan wizard and various other elements round up the new additions into this new generation of OpenVAS. Special attention was given to the integration with the security tool chain via a plugin for the system monitoring family around Nagios [3] and a connector for integrating with the security management system (ISMS) verinice.PRO [4]. All in all 15 new features were added, accompanied with countless improvements. The systematic improvements and reliable release of one major update every twelve months once again underline the position of OpenVAS as the most advanced Open Source solution for vulnerability management. The new version can be downloaded free and is available as Free Software under the GNU GPL license. The company Greenbone Networks [5] develops and uses OpenVAS as a basis for its appliance product family for vulnerability scanning and management. Together with the companies SecPod [6], SecuritySpace [7] and the wider community, new vulnerability tests and feature improvements are developed on a daily basis. The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) [8] supports and utilizes OpenVAS, together with many other federal agencies, as part of their IT security framework. OpenVAS-6 can be experienced live at the Linuxtag Conference and Exhibition in Berlin (Germany) [9] from 22rd to 25th of May 2013 at the BSI booth. " Alex On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Jan-Oliver Wagner < jan-oliver.wag...@greenbone.net> wrote: > Hello, > > I created a draft of the OpenVAS-6 Announcement: > > http://www.openvas.org/news_archive.html#openvas6 > > Please help to fix typos and English language and whatever > else you think can be improved. > > Either send a reply listing up the changes or, in case > you have access, fix it right in the respective file in SVN. > > The sooner we can get it out, the better :-) > > Thanks a lot. > > 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 > https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-devel >
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