Category: Sophos

[High] Up2Date 5.007

Urgency: HIGH (low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 13MB (13,469,710 bytes) md5sum: 3cc69246c99f3e4987eabd19f18b8489 Up2Date 5.007   Remarks Required previous version is 5.006 Existing configuration will not be changed Middleware will be restarted Active IP and VPN connections will be restarted HTTP proxy will be restarted Depending on the speed of the CPU the Up2Date installation will take a couple minutes Bugfixes (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) ID1018 XML-Content displayed in Internet Explorer when downloading files ID1058 HTTP Proxy with Surfprotection blocks sites ( '.' ) 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 5.006

Urgency: Middle (low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 13MB (13,675,362 bytes) md5sum: 8b38523f1532be9d1209d95ad2c2dacc Up2Date 5.006 Remarks Required previous version is 5.005 Existing configuration will not be changed Active IP and VPN connections will not be restarted Bugfix (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) ID1003 Pattern Up2Date does not work in some rare config conditions 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

ASL V5 GA Version: 5.005 ISO image

Astaro is pleased to announce the availability of the Astaro Security Linux V5 General Availability Release. Thanks to anybody on this board who contributed to this release! We received helpfull feedback to the V5 Release Candidate.  New Features of ASL V5 Astaro Security Linux V5 includes two major new capabilities�Intrusion Protection and Virus Protection for the Web�as well as many enhancements that improve security, management, and scalability. Key features of this latest release include:  Intrusion Protection Virus Protection for the Web (HTTP traffic) Transparent POP3 spam protection Improvements to WebAdmin� for even greater ease of use and flexibility Enhanced reporting, with pre-defined metrics and automated report generation Support for symmetric multi-processing (SMP) systems and up to 4GB of memory ISP-uplink failover and dynamic VPN support A detailed description of the new features is included in the package.

[High] ASL V5 GA Version: Up2Date 5.005

Astaro would like to clarify that the 5.005 version of Astaro Security Linux, available on Up2Date 5.005, is the General Availability Release. Urgency: HIGH (low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 43.3MB (45,405,085 bytes) md5sum: aa91da2f4006fd9dc243ad0a9efd214b Up2Date 5.005 Remarks Required previous version is 5.004 Existing configuration will not be changed !! ATTENTION !! Firewall will reboot after updating !!  New/Changed/Improved New kernel with security fixes fix for the memleak in do_fork() fix for the MCAST/setsockopt() buffer overflow (CAN-2004-0424) fix for a permission problem on /proc/scsi/qla2300/HbaApiNode fix for the buffer overflow in panic() (CAN-2004-0394) New exim with security fixes fix for Header syntax overflow (CAN-2004-0400) Bugfix (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) ID912 Interfaces names in Reporting-> Networks missing ID914 Many ppp interfaces in reports ID918 Reporting-> Administration-> Config changes does not work ID940 Older videocards may not support framebuffer/bootsplash ID946 Contentfilter does not support special characters ID959 Importing backup with '$' in password does not work ID974 NAS Identifier for Radius authentication (PPTP / L2TP) ID996 SurfProtection license expires May 6th, 2004 ID998 POP3 does not move fetched emails into quarantine ID999 WebAdmin does not support special characters ID1006 Dropdown content not sorted in Packetfilter-> Rules ID1013 SMTP Whitelist/Blacklist regular expression error ID1020 IPS pattern update does not work correctly 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.

[High] Up2Date 5.003 – RC3

Astaro would like to clarify that the 5.003 version of Astaro Security Linux, available on Up2Date 5.003, is Release Candidate #3, not the General Availability Release. RC3 will be split in 2 Up2Date packages for technical reasons, this means that 2 Up2Dates will be released today 5.002 and 5.003 and they both belong to RC3.  The GA version will follow soon and it will be 5.005.

[High] Up2Date 5.002 – RC3

Astaro would like to clarify that the 5.002 version of Astaro Security Linux, available on Up2Date 5.002, is Release Candidate #3, not the General Availability Release. RC3 will be split in 2 Up2Date packages for technical reasons, this means that 2 Up2Dates will be released today 5.002 and 5.003 and they both belong to RC3. The GA version will follow soon and it will be 5.005. ASL 5.005 includes some kernel updates and require a reboot.

New Home User and Power User Policies for ASL

Intrusion Protection free (through September 2004) Low-cost subscription bundle available Change in the role of the Power User Reduced Fees for Home User Subscriptions Astaro has been offering the base level components of Astaro Security Linux for up to 10 users at no cost for home users for personal, non-commercial and non-revenue generating use in a private home. This base license includes the firewall, VPN Gateway, management platform, reporting, and Spam Protection subscription