From Jan-Oliver.Wagner at greenbone.net Fri Dec 11 12:54:44 2009 From: Jan-Oliver.Wagner at greenbone.net (Jan-Oliver Wagner) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:54:44 +0100 Subject: [Openvas-announce] Reminder: Support for OpenVAS 1.0 to be discontinued Message-ID: <200912111254.44459.Jan-Oliver.Wagner@greenbone.net> Dear OpenVAS users, the first stable release of OpenVAS has reached its end-of-life and the OpenVAS team plans to discontinue support for the OpenVAS 1.0 release in about one month from now at January, 14th 2010. If you still use OpenVAS 1.0, please drop a message via any of our support channels. If you can handle it yourself, you should soon upgrade to a newer version. Else, please ask for assistance for upgrading your OpenVAS installation. In case we receive feedback saying that upgrading the OpenVAS environment is not doable within three months, we are open to delay the retirement. Note for subscribers to Greenbone Security Feed (GSF): This discontinuation has no effect for GSF users. They don't need to react upon this announcement. Important: After retirement of the OpenVAS 1.0, the OpenVAS NVT Feed will be changed in order to use the abilities of OpenVAS 2.0 such as subdirectories. How to verify which version you are using: * If your OpenVAS installation is via Packages, you may check with your package managment system. * Alternatively you may simple run the command openvasd --version in a command shell on the system where you installed OpenVAS. Best regards Your OpenVAS Development Team -- Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner | ++49-541-335084-0 | http://www.greenbone.net/ Greenbone Networks GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 Osnabr?ck AG Osnabr?ck, HR B 202460 | Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Lukas Grunwald, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner From Jan-Oliver.Wagner at greenbone.net Fri Dec 18 16:40:43 2009 From: Jan-Oliver.Wagner at greenbone.net (Jan-Oliver Wagner) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:40:43 +0100 Subject: [Openvas-announce] OpenVAS 3.0.0 Released Message-ID: <200912181640.44854.Jan-Oliver.Wagner@greenbone.net> Network Security Scanner OpenVAS 3.0.0 Released On December 18th, 2009, the OpenVAS[1] developer team released OpenVAS 3.0.0. The release introduces new features and a new architecture which form the basis for turning the vulnerability scanner into a vulnerability management solution. The GPL-licensed Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) has become _the_ Open Source Network Vulnerability Scanner. It is complemented with the largest open collection of vulnerability 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 of the modules * NVT Meta Information that is free of arbitrary size limits * 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- and Settings-Management * Greenbone Security Assistent (GSA) for web-based Vulnerability Management 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). OpenVAS Client 3.0 can connect to both OpenVAS Scanner 3.0 and OpenVAS Server 2.0 concurrently, and even to OpenVAS Manager via the new OpenVAS Management Protocol (OMP). New Module 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 has been 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 were added. Also, for running just the core scanner only 2 modules are required (instead of 4 as 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 has been released initially as a source code package; binary 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 happy new year. [1] http://www.openvas.org [2] http://bugs.openvas.org -- Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner | ++49-541-335084-0 | http://www.greenbone.net/ Greenbone Networks GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 Osnabr?ck | AG Osnabr?ck, HR B 202460 Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Lukas Grunwald, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner