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

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