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Release Name: 5.0+beta4
Release Notes
This is the fourth beta release of the openvas-scanner 5.0 module for the Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS). It will be part of the upcoming "OpenVAS-8". This release considerably improves memory management. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this release: Hani Benhabiles, Henri Doreau and Jan-Oliver Wagner.
Change Log
Main changes compared to 5.0+beta3: * Upon stop signal, the scanner will switch to ACT_END instead of immediately bailing out. * Considerable reduction of memory consumption. * Various code cleanups and improvements. * Increase buffer size for preferences to allow for upto 69K NVTs. * Log backtrace when a process segfaults. * Refactored preferences module.