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Release Name: 8.0+beta5
Release Notes
This release is the fifth beta version of the next major release of openvas-libraries. It will be part of the upcoming "OpenVAS-8". This release adds initial support for SNMP requests and makes export file names more customizable. It also contains improvements to header used for HTTP(S) request along with other improvements and cleanups as well as and updated documentation for WMI support. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed this release: Hani Benhabiles, Michael Meyer, Matthew Mundell, Timo Pollmeier and Jan-Oliver Wagner.
Change Log
Main changes compared to 8.0+beta4: * SNMP support has been added. * Export file names are now more customizable. * The User-Agent used for HTTP requests has been updated. * The Host header for HTTP(S) requests will no longer include the port number if the port is 80 or 443 respectively. * The built-in find_service plugin now sends a Host header with HTTP GET requests. * NVTi cache files no longer include the "src" element. * Handling of user specific severity values has been improved. * Handling of IPv6 IPs has been improved. * OSP support has been improved. * The strategy for retrying GnuTLS handshakes has been improved. * The WMI support documentation has been updated. * The build process has been cleaned up. * Various code quality improvements based on automatic and manual code analysis.