Urgency: HIGH (low, Middle, HIGH)
Size: 4.5MB (4,607,429 bytes)
md5sum: ea89f759175f3fade5cf8b33cdfd555a
Remarks
- Required previous version is 4.002
- Existing configuration will not be changed
- Active IP and VPN connections will be restarted
- Remote SSH connections will be lost
- MiddleWare will be restarted
New/Changed/Improved
- Performance increase of the spam detection engine
- Fixed 100% CPU load problem caused by the virus scanner
- OpenSSL update: fixes several vulnerabilites
- updated https server for WebAdmin
- updated smtp proxy
- updated ssh server
- Fixed PPTP server buffer overflow vulnerability
Bugfix
(please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org)
ID408 Fixed clearing of HTTP proxy cache
ID409 Fixed timeout problem of the smtp virus scanner
ID452 Fixed rare race-condition with “reboot”-notifications on DSL-machines
ID455 Renewed Up2Date PGP keys
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.
- Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to “System -> Up2Date Service” and enable “Prefetch Up2dates”. The System Administrator will receive a Notification email after an Up2Date package has been succesfully fetched and can install the Up2Date by clicking “[install]” on the now available menu item “Unapplied Up2Dates”. An extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.
- Download the Up2Date package from our HTTP or FTP Server:
HTTP: Astaro US – Astaro Germany – Australian Mirror – Austria Mirror – Japanese Mirror
FTP: Astaro US – Astaro Germany – Australian Mirror – Austria Mirror – Japanese Mirror
Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to “System -> Up2Date Service”, start “Import from file” and import the downloaded Up2Date package. After a successful upload click “[install]” on the now available menu item “Unapplied Up2Dates”. An extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System Administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.
To install Astaro Security Linux, you need the installation ISO image, available on our download page.
You Can Learn More About the Astaro Internet Security Product Line By Going to www.FirewallShop.com/Astaro.
The original article/video can be found at [High] Up2Date 4.003