On Dienstag, 15. Dezember 2009, Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote:
> Anyone volunteers to write the announcement?
> (perhaps derived from the CHANGES)
I crafted a first version, see below. Good enough? Complete?
Best
Jan
Network Security Scanner OpenVAS 3.0.0 Released
On December 18th, 2008, the OpenVAS[1] developer team released OpenVAS 3.0.0
which introduces new features and a new architecture in order to form
the basis for leveraging the vulnerability scanner into a vulnerability
management solution.
The GPL-licensed Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) has become
_the_ Open Source Security Scanner. It is complemented with the largest open
collection of security tests, the daily updated OpenVAS NVT Feed with over
15.000 Network Vulnerability Tests (NVTs).
Exactly 1 year after version 2.0.0 was released, the new 3.0 generation
introduces:
* A new internal architecture
* Get rid of various limitations for NVT Meta Information
* IPv6 Support
* WMI clients support
* Supports upcoming optional extensions:
* OpenVAS Manager for storing and organizing scans on a
central server in a SQL database
* OpenVAS Administrator for User-, Feed- an Settings-Management
* Greenbone Security Assistent for a Vulnerability Management Interface
Compatibility:
The new OpenVAS Scanner remains compatible with the OpenVAS NVT Feed
as well as with the Greenbone Security Feed.
Also, it is possible to use the new OpenVAS Scanner with the OpenVAS-Client 2.0.
OpenVAS Client 3.0 can connect to both concurrently, OpenVAS Scanner 3.0 and
OpenVAS Server 2.0 and even connect to OpenVAS Manager via the new OpenVAS
Management Protocol (OMP).
New Architecture:
OpenVAS 3.0 introduces a new architecture where openvas-libraries
now includes openvas-libnasl as well as redundant code from openvas-client.
The module openvas-server is renamed to openvas-scanner and includes any
platform-dependent elements of openvas-plugins. As a result of this,
the total number of source code lines decreased, though new features are added.
Also, for running just the core scanner only 2 modules are required (instead of
4
as it is the case for OpenVAS 2.0).
Maintenance:
Version 3.0 will be maintained by the OpenVAS team for at least 2 years and
the maintenance of Version 2.0 will continue for at least one year.
Version 1.0 is being retired in January 2010.
Downloads:
All download links for OpenVAS 3.0.0 and additional information can be found on
the OpenVAS website[1]. OpenVAS 3.0.0 is initially relased as a source code
release; packages for various distributions are expected to follow.
The OpenVAS team would like to thank everybody who has contributed to this
release. We have worked hard to bring you a reliable network security scanner.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to use the public
mailing list
and our online chat. Please use the OpenVAS bug tracker[2] to report bugs.
The OpenVAS developers would like to wish all users a recreative holiday season
and a a happy new year.
[1] http://www.openvas.org
[2] http://bugs.openvas.org
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Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner | ++49-541-335084-0 | http://www.greenbone.net/
Greenbone Networks GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 Osnabrück | AG Osnabrück, HR B
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Geschäftsführer: Lukas Grunwald, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner
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