OpenVAS 3.1.0rc1 released

The OpenVAS developers are happy to announce the release of the first release
candidates for the upcoming 3.1.0 release of both openvas-scanner and
openvas-libraries.

Changes compared to the 3.0.x version include NTLMSSP support, improved IPv6
support, support for uploading preference file into memory and for soft
pausing of scans. For more information please check the CHANGES file provided
with each module.

Source tarballs for the two modules are available at
http://wald.intevation.org/frs/download.php/737/openvas-libraries-3.1.0.rc1.tar.gz
and
http://wald.intevation.org/frs/download.php/738/openvas-scanner-3.1.0.rc1.tar.gz

Binary packages for the major GNU/Linux distributions by third parties are
expected in the following weeks.

Many thanks to everybody who has made this release possible.