Hello, the OpenVAS developers are happy to announce that openvas-plugins 1.0.1 is released.
It is recommended that you update your installation with this new version as it extends the test range. Script developers get some new APIs. This is a maintenance release with several new scripts, some package restructuring and packaging support. Outstanding is the up-to-date Debian Local Security Checks, the newly developed base funcationality for writing Windows Local Security Checks and the new base functionality for generic software version tests. openvas-plugins is licensed under GNU GPLv2. Main changes since 1.0.0 (2008-02-05): * 118 additional Debian Local Security Checks Contributed by www.securityspace.com * New: Windows local security checks via smbclient added. The new base library is smbcl_func.inc. A sample test is win_CVE-2007-0043.nasl. The old Nessus Windows Local Security Checks were removed because the base library was under a propritary license. * New methodology to test for software version on a remote host by asking the actual software rather than the RPM/DEB package database (version_func.inc). clamav-CB-A08-0001.nasl (CVE 2007-6335, CVE 2007-6336, CVE 2007-6337) as a sample how this is works. This makes it possible to check for tools that were not installed via the package management (typical for many services). Additionally, the tests are to some extend independent of the operating system of the targets. * openvas-nvt-sync now less verbose. PID file location fixed. * Debian packaging files moved from debian/ to packagig/debian. * New: sample RPM spec files for SUSE and Fedora. * Several bug fixes in .nasl and .inc files. * Removed several obsolete files and docs (e.g. "nessus-update-plugins.in"). * Plugin Factory removed. See also: http://www.openvas.org/openvas-cr-3.html Packagers: You do not need to consider the plugin factory installation files/dirs. * Several .inc NASL files from older Nessus distributions added (the old versions were under GNU GPL while the new ones are not in OpenVAS because they switched to a proprietary license). Download and more information on the OpenVAS Server page: http://www.openvas.org/openvas-server.html Best regards Jan-Oliver Wagner -- Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner Intevation GmbH Amtsgericht Osnabrück, HR B 18998 http://www.intevation.de/ Geschäftsführer: Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner _______________________________________________ Openvas-announce mailing list Openvas-announce@wald.intevation.org http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-announce