We are pleased to announce Astaro Security Client V8.2 This new release includes the following new features: Enhanced Personal Firewall capabilities: advanced options to configure stateful packet inspection rules for individual applications all firewall mechanisms are optimized for Remote Access applications and are activated when the computer is started Personal Firewall is activated as soon as the computer starts Automatic Hotspot Logon automatically detects hotspot websites in a public WLAN area dynamically releases the ports for http or https for hotspot logon or logoff prohibits client from direct communication to the Internet bypassing the VPN tunnel Import of Configuration Data from ASL Profile settings created by Astaro Security Linux can be exported from the gateway (starting with Release 5.203) and imported directly into the Astaro Secure Client Support of compression type Deflate compression type Deflate can now be used in conjunction with ASL to speed up data transfer Automatic detection of familiar and unfamiliar networks different firewall rule sets can be deployed and activated automatically for each type of network Download Information The new release of Astaro Secure Client is available immediately. Customers currently using Astaro Secure Client 8.1x can upgrade to the new release free of charge. Use MyAstaro for Downloads and Licenses
[Middle] Up2Date 5.203
Urgency: Middle(low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 29MB (29,209,545 bytes) md5sum: 54619ea9d59538d273ec88f91827718c Up2Date 5.203 Remarks Required previous version is 5.202 Existing configuration will not be changed Middleware will not be restarted Active IP and VPN connections will not be restarted New/Changed/Improved IPsec Client Config Export now supports ASC Improved backend kernel access to avoid crashes Improved backend connection tracking handling Bugfix (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) ID2086 “Phantom” Interfaces in Network-> Accounting after renaming ID2193 Selfmonitor improvement for licensing daemon ID2280 Virus Pattern Up2dates latest update shows 1969 on some firewalls Download Information All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Linux to the latest version. There are three ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system: Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to “System -> Up2Date Service” and start a “Update now” in “System Up2Date.
Try the ASL V6 BETA!
Astaro is pleased to announce the availability of the Astaro Security Linux V6 BETA and invites you to test it! Highlights of the BETA release Transparent Firewall Mode Packets can traverse the firewall without modifying any of the source or destination information in the IP packet header (acting like a layer 2 switch or bridge). There is no need to reconfigure IP space from currently assigned addresses
[Middle] Up2Date 5.202
Urgency: Middle(low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 6MB (6,411,644 bytes) md5sum: 32807f12f5ef8cc8639a07b5ecb940ca Up2Date 5.202 Remarks Required previous version is 5.201 Existing configuration will not be changed Please do not reboot the firewall before applying this Up2Date Middleware will be restarted Active IP and VPN connections will be restarted Depending on the speed of the CPU the Up2Date installation will take a few minutes Bugfix (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org) ID2276 Network and service definitions not saved to disk ID2277 Roadwarrior-Connections with X509 and IPV4 are not working Download Information All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Linux to the latest version. There are three ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system: Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to “System -> Up2Date Service” and start a “Update now” in “System Up2Date. An extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date process and the System Administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully
[Middle] Up2Date 5.201
Urgency: Middle(low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 45MB (45,848,735 bytes) md5sum: 8ec5af6aabc25a3ef7d33a2fe7b4cba1 Up2Date 5.201 Remarks Required previous version is 5.200 Existing configuration will not be changed !! Firewall will reboot after Up2Date !! New/Changed/Improved Fixed remote DoS attack in PPP code [CAN-2005-0384] Improved Contentfilter messages for POP3 Proxy Bugfix (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) ID1275 Proxy Content Manager hangs on large e-mails ID1863 Backup may not contain storage.xml file ID2056 DNS hostnames with a single character are not allowed ID2073 Adding a network group to itself causes trouble ID2126 License graph not updating in Reporting ID2144 “Pattern Up2Date” is incorrectly shown as “not licensed” Download Information All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Linux to the latest version. There are three ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system: Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to “System -> Up2Date Service” and start a “Update now” in “System Up2Date.
[Middle] Up2Date 5.200
Urgency: Middle(low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 55MB (55,495,150 bytes) md5sum: 6eaa229c562d9445f85e090af76402e9 Up2Date 5.200 Remarks Required previous version is 5.103 Existing configuration will not be changed !! Firewall will reboot after Up2Date !! New/Changed/Improved HTTP content filter option “Spyware Protection” added: Detects and blocks spyware before it enters the organization and infects computers Intercepts and blocks spyware communication from already infected computers to the internet Optionally blocks all suspicious and unknown sites to even protect against spyware originating from websites, which have not been categorized yet additionally this option enhances protection against phishing attacks by blocking communication to these fraudulent links HTTP proxy (SQUID) security and bug fixes (CAN-2005-0094, CAN-2005-0095, CAN-2005-0096, CAN-2005-0097, CAN-2005-0173, CAN-2005-0174, CAN-2005-0175, CAN-2005-0211, CAN-2005-0241 and some non-critical fixes) Redesign of HTTP content filter info/status/error pages new linux kernel (incl. new Broadcom bcm57xx driver, support for HP/Compaq DL 360 with RAID Controller SmartArray 6i, H323 conntrack helper fix, RLIMIT poll size exploit fix, and some non-critical fixes) Bugfix (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) ID1725 Squid Icons for FTP pages do not work ID1840 Up2Date installation fails if package download is still in progress ID1925 MaxReceipients for SMTP commections limited to 1 ID1942 Tables in Exceutive Reports are not updating ID1947 Password with $ in lilo ID1989 Receipient-Verification does not work on Bounces ID2024 BATV does not work for capital letters ID2030 Spelling incompatibility in bandwidth monitoring settings ID2032 Data table in executive report is one huge line ID2036 Virus Scaner Test-Restart may take some time ID2059 ASL sends notification but everything seems to be ok Download Information All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Linux to the latest version.
[Middle] Up2Date 5.103
Urgency: Middle(low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 14MB (14,033,062 bytes) md5sum: 3a768c67f0c2a74db600031e787eafdf Up2Date 5.103 Remarks Required previous version is 5.102 Existing configuration will not be changed Middleware will be restarted Active IP and VPN connections will be restarted Depending on the speed of the CPU the Up2Date installation will take a few minutes New/Changed/Improved Fixed BIND vulnerability (CAN-2005-0033) Bugfix (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) ID1992 Reporting interface graphs missing Download Information All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Linux to the latest version.
[Middle] Up2Date 4.026
Urgency: Middle (low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 1MB ( 484,219 bytes) md5sum: eea1653a321c270bce72d523c8537dc0 Up2Date 4.026 Remarks Required previous version is 4.025 Existing configuration will not be changed Active VPN connections will not be restarted New/Changed/Improved Kaspersky Virus Scan Engine license renewal Download Information All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Linux to the latest version.
[Middle] Up2Date 5.102
Urgency: Middle(low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 1MB (193,774 bytes) md5sum: bd1ab0150cebae797597d1255c3dda02 Up2Date 5.102 Remarks Required previous version is 5.101 Existing configuration will not be changed HTTP proxy will be restarted Active IP and VPN connections will not be restarted Bugfix (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) ID2006 Runaway HTTP proxy uses up all 99,9% CPU Download Information All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Linux to the latest version. There are three ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system: Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to “System -> Up2Date Service” and start a “Update now” in “System Up2Date.
[Middle] Up2Date 5.101
Urgency: Middle(low, Middle, HIGH) Size:42MB (42,497,650 bytes) md5sum: 4db176203f3b523bf3620d66a1318d59 Up2Date 5.101 Remarks Required previous version is 5.100 Existing configuration will not be changed !! Firewall will reboot after Up2Date !! New/Changed/Improved Improved HTTP Proxy performance and content handling New Kernel fixing local root exploit Bugfix (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) ID1695 PDF Files not shown in browser while VP is enabled ID1715 Proxy authentication fails if the startsite is a https URL ID1914 SMTP sender blacklist groups do not work correctly ID1924 Changing a network definition will no affect SMTP Routing Targets Download Information All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Linux to the latest version. There are three ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system: Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to “System -> Up2Date Service” and start a “Update now” in “System Up2Date.