Redis KB Server

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Hello,
when i am doing some research about redis in-memory database in reference to OpenVAS/GVM, i dont know what KB is standing for.
For example:

Redis (http://redis.io) is used to store and access the KB

Whats KB?

best regards,
Alessio

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Knowledge base (KB) A knowledge base (KB) is a technology used to store complex structured and unstructured scan and meta information during the scan only for the time of the scan task.

Scan results are compiled from nvt-results and data and meta data from the KB.

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https://github.com/greenbone/openvas/blob/master/doc/redis_config.md fore some more background.

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