On Dienstag, 30. Oktober 2012, Jan-Christopher Brand wrote:
> in a project I am using OTP for manipulating the communication between 
> OpenVAS-Scanner and OpenVAS-Manager for viewing the effects of the tests and 
> effects of CRT on embedded devices.

this sounds intersting.
Would love to learn more about it!!

> -Is OMP an alternative for your OTP use case?
> -> Doesn't OMP has another function than OTP? In the protocol documentation 
> you say that eventually OTP will be replaced by OSP and not by OMP. Or will 
> you change the way the scanner and the manager are used? I didn't have a look 
> at OMP until now. But if the communication between scanner and manager stays 
> the same, the problem would just be some days coding.

OMP is for managing scans. Unless you want to do hardcore stuff with the 
Scanner, it is
recommended to use OpenVAS Manager and OMP.

Nonetheless it is indeed planned to replace OTP by OSP to overcome some 
broken-by-design issues of OTP.

> But this discussion is interesting. What changes will there be with the 
> changing of the protocols?

We'll see and discuss on openvas-devel. First we want to know what is used, how 
and why.

Best

Jan


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