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Release Name: 6.0+beta2
Release Notes
This is the second beta version of the upcoming 6.0 release of the OpenVAS Manager. It is the central management service between the actual security scanners and various user clients. This release continues the efforts towards PostgreSQL support and support of multiple scanners. It also introduces support for a "Guest" role and for associating ESXi credentials with targets, along with a number of smaller improvements and code cleanup. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this release: Hani Benhabiles, Matthew Mundell, Timo Pollmeier, Jan-Oliver Wagner and Michael Wiegand.
Change Log
Main changes since 6.0+beta1 series: * Further steps towards alternative use of PostgreSQL as database backend instead of SQLite3. The PostgreSQL support does not yet cover all of the OpenVAS Manager functionalities. * Further steps for Scanner Management. * Support for a "Guest" role has been added. * Support for associating ESXi credentials with targets has been added. * The get_results command now behaves more consistent with other get_... OMP commands. * The task name is now included in more report formats. * The value of the NVT tag "affected" is now included in more report formats. * GPLv2+ licence notices now contain the exact wording suggested by the Free Software Foundation. * Code cleanups.