network/openvas-manager: Added (OpenVAS scan manager)

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+OpenVAS stands for Open Vulnerability Assessment System and is a network
+security scanner with associated tools like a graphical user front-end. The
+core component is a server with a set of network vulnerability tests (NVTs)
+to detect security problems in remote systems and applications.
+
+OpenVAS products are Free Software under GNU GPL and a fork of Nessus.
+
+To build a complete OpenVAS scanner installation, however, you have to compile
+and install the packages in the following sequence:
+ 1. openvas-libraries
+ 2. openvas-scanner
+ 3. openvas-client
+
+The openvas-client GUI is needed to interact with the OpenVAS scanner, however
+there are some new optional modules:
+ 1. openvas-manager for storing and organizing scans on a central server in a
+ SQL database
+ 2. openvas-administrator for User-, Feed- and Settings-Management
+ 3. greenbone-security-assistant for a web-based Vulnerability Management
+
+This package provides the OpenVAS manager, it will also install an rc script
+to start the manager at system startup, however read carefully the README
+provided in the package doc folder as it outlines some important configuration
+prerequisites.