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Sussen 0.29 announced

From:  Loren Bandiera <lorenb-AT-mmgsecurity.com>
To:  lwn-AT-lwn.net
Subject:  Sussen 0.29
Date:  Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:15:36 -0400


Sussen 0.29 has been released. This is another bugfix release.

WHAT IS SUSSEN?
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Sussen is a tool that checks for vulnerabilities and configuration
issues on computer systems. It is based on the Open Vulnerability and
Assessment Language.

URLS
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Sussen project site - http://dev.mmgsecurity.com/projects/sussen/

Bugzilla - http://dev.mmgsecurity.com/bugs/

DEPENDENCIES
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To compile Sussen, you need the following:

* mono (>= 1.1.x)
* gtk-sharp (>= 2.4.x) (optional)

CHANGES SINCE 0.28
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* agent: Set default filename when specifying --output-type; Don't force
user to also specify --output
* applet: Use thread instead of background worker; improves performance (windows)
* applet: Add ".html" to temp results file so shell knows how to open it (windows)
* oval: Improved test accuracy
* oval: Don't ignore criteria negate operation
* oval: Verify that file exists in Unix file test
* oval: Make sure interface support code fails gracefully; fixes segfaults
* oval: File crawlers will generate not found item if search fails
* oval: Fixed logging output

-- 
Loren Bandiera <lorenb@mmgsecurity.com>
MMG Security, Inc.


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