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@jjnicola jjnicola released this 05 Dec 11:39
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This is the second beta release of the gvmd module 8.0 for the Greenbone
Vulnerability Management (GVM) framework.

It was renamed from gvm to gvmd (Greenbone Vulnerability Manager daemon).

Apart from the new name, the module covers a number of significant advances
and clean-ups compared to the previous version.

Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this release:
Hani Benhabiles, Christian Fischer, Matthew Mundell, Timo Pollmeier,
Bjoern Ricks, Jan-Oliver Wagner and Michael Wiegand.

Main changes compared to gvm 8.0+beta1:

  • Classic report format HTML has been removed from predefined report formats.
  • External tool openvasmr has been renamed to gvmcg.
  • Size of result description and diff text in GMP has been limited.
  • Support for creating filters for vulnerabilities has been added.
  • .deb and .rpm LSC package generation has been improved.
  • SNMP and ESXi Authorization in the scan config have been hidden.
  • Support for using configurable GPG and S/MIME encryption keys for Email Alerts
    has been added.
  • Script copyright and script version have been removed.
  • Vhosts handling has been improved.
  • User tags can now refer to multiple resources for easier bulk tagging.
  • Elements host_start and host_end have been removed
    from the report element of response from get_reports.
  • The task status "Internal Error" has been replaced by "Interrupted", which
    can also occur in case of errors that previously set tasks to "Stopped".
  • "OpenVAS Classic" has been removed from the list of predefined severity
    classification schemes.
  • A results trashcan table has been added for performance reasons.
  • The prognostic type has been removed from GET_REPORTS and from the
    report element.
  • An issue related to credential creation and modification has been addressed.
  • Several improvements and fixes related to reports have been done.
  • Documentation has been updated.
  • Several memory management aspects have been improved.
  • Various code cleanups and improvements.