Project Filelist for OpenVAS

This is the first release of the openvas-scanner 5.0 module for the Open
Vulnerability Assessment System release 8 (OpenVAS-8). Compared to the previous
major release it now uses a Redis based back end for the internal knowledge
base. It removes support for the scan pausing feature and considerably reduces
memory consumption and provides a number of other improvements.

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this release:
Benoit Allard, Hani Benhabiles, Henri Doreau, Matthew Mundell, Jan-Oliver Wagner
and Michael Wiegand.

Main changes compared to the 4.0 series:
* OpenVAS Scanner now uses the Redis based knowledge base (KB) back end. This
  makes it mandatory to run a Redis server for scanning.
* Support for the scan pausing feature has been removed.
* The commands STOP_ATTACK and OPENVASSD_VERSION have been removed from OTP.
* The scanner will no longer set the obsolete "src" element for the NVTi cache.
* The default key size for certificates produces by the "mkcert" tools has been
  changed from 1024 to 4096 bits, the scripts now use SHA-256 instead of SHA-1
  as the message digest algorithm.
* The scanner will no longer implicitly launch NVTs from the ACT_SETTINGS
  category when scanning.
* When commanded to stop a scan the scanner will now switch to ACT_END instead
  of immediately bailing out.
* Memory consumption has been considerably reduced.
* Internal memory management now uses the appropriate glib functions instead of
  the custom implementation provided by openvas-libraries used previously.
* The OID of the affected NVT is now reported if an NVT terminates early.
* The scanner now logs a backtrace when a process segfaults.
* The communication of the host scanning status with the client has been
  improved to allow for more accurate progress information.
* Library checks during package configuration have been improved and are now
  more comprehensive and consistent.
* Handling of linker and compiler flags during package configuration has been
  improved and simplified.
* Support for migration of unsigned files to the "private/" subdirectory has
  been removed as it was obsolete since the retirement of OpenVAS-5.
* Signal handling has been improved.
* Comprehensive code cleanups.

Main changes compared to 5.0+beta6:
* An issue which caused openvassd process to fail to terminate when a scan was
  requested to stop has been fixed.
* Support for migration of unsigned files to the "private/" subdirectory has
  been removed as it was obsolete since the retirement of OpenVAS-5.
* Signal handling has been improved.
* Various code cleanups and improvements.