diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES index bff96dc57..c6e75f028 100644 --- a/CHANGES +++ b/CHANGES @@ -7,6 +7,48 @@ or get the entire source code repository and view log history: $ git clone https://github.com/greenbone/openvas-scanner.git $ cd openvas-scanner && git log +openvas-scanner 6.0+beta2 (2018-12-04) + +This is the second beta release of the openvas-scanner module 6.0 for the +Greenbone Vulnerability Management (GVM) framework. + +The module covers a number of significant advances and clean-ups. + +Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this release: +Hani Benhabiles, Christian Fischer, Matt Mundell, Juan Jose Nicola, +Bjoern Ricks, Jan-Oliver Wagner and Michael Wiegand. + +Main changes compared to openvas-scanner 6.0+beta1: +* A new command line option 'scan-start' with a scan ID has been added. This + add support for non-OTP clients. +* Handling of vhosts and multiple domain names has been improved. +* Setting 'kb_location' has been renamed to 'db_address'. +* Cleanup of plugin child processes has been improved. +* Routines for tcp and udp required ports checks have been improved. +* An issue caused by password quotation has been addressed. +* Script version has been removed. +* Script copyright has been removed. +* An issue which caused a hanging scan process has been addressed. +* An issue related to WMI_HANDLE which caused a segmentation fault has + been addressed. +* NASL get_host_names() API has been added. +* Several code style improvements have been done. +* Several performance improvements have been done. +* The plugin scheduler has been improved. +* Define MAXPATHLEN for specific downstream architectures. +* An issue which caused parameter pollution in certain NASL functions + has been addressed. +* NASL function resolve_host_name() has been added. +* Unused preference use_mac_addr has been removed. +* Issues in building process have been addressed. +* Defaults to expand_vhosts if no preference was given is set to `yes`. +* NASL function get_ssl_compression() has been removed. +* Compatibility mode in GnuTLS priority string has been enabled. +* GnuTLS RC4 + COMPAT in set_gnutls_protocol() have been enabled. +* Several issues reported by Coverity have been addressed. +* Documentation has been improved. + + openvas-scanner 6.0+beta1 (2018-04-18) This is the first beta release of the openvas-scanner module 6.0 for the