We are pleased to announce Astaro Security Linux V5.1! Updates/Bugfixes Upgrade to SpamAssassin 3.01 with the following powerful extensions: + Razor2 (online database spam check) + DCC (online database spam check) + SURBL (spam realtime blocklist) Backend bugfixes for backup converter/licensing/logging/reporting Overall system performance increase new kernel with bugfixed conntrack code New Features Additional features for better junk mail control: + Greylisting (Advanced spam blocking method) + BATV reverse path signing (Block virus and spam backscatter) + Checking SPF records (Joe-Job/Phishing protection) SNMP trap support Bandwidth monitoring capabilities with notifications if bandwidth usage exceeds/below defined percentage Improved Proxy Content Manager Daily proxy content manager digest sent by email for every user Backup files from ASL V5.027 will work on ASL V5.1, backup files from the public BETA will work on the final V5.1 too.
ASL V5.1 BETA available (named "ASL 5.050")
We are pleased to invite you to test the public BETA of Astaro Security Linux V5.1 For testing purpose we named the test image ASL 5.050, it includes the following: Updates/Bugfixes Upgrade to SpamAssassin 3.01 with the following powerful extensions: + Razor2 (online database spam check) + DCC (online database spam check) + SURBL (spam realtime blocklist) Backend bugfixes for backup converter/licensing/logging/reporting Overall system performance increase new kernel with bugfixed conntrack code New Features Additional features for better junk mail control: + Greylisting (Advanced spam blocking method) + BATV reverse path signing (Block virus and spam backscatter) + Checking SPF records (Joe-Job/Phishing protection) SNMP trap support Bandwidth monitoring capabilities with notifications if bandwidth usage exceeds/below defined percentage Improved Proxy Content Manager Daily proxy content manager digest sent by email for every user We do not recommend to use the BETA on larger production servers (even if we already use it to filter our own mail – and it works great) The public BETA ISO image carry the version number 5.050.
Pre-announcement of ASL V5.100
We are pleased to invite you to test the upcoming public BETA of Astaro Security Linux V5.100 Updates/Bugfixes Upgrade to SpamAssassin 3.01 with the following powerful extensions: + Razor2 (online database spam check) + DCC (online database spam check) + SURBL (spam realtime blocklist) Backend bugfixes for backup converter/licensing/logging/reporting Overall system performance increase New Features Additional features for better junk mail control: + Greylisting (Advanced spam blocking method) + BATV reverse path signing (Block virus and spam backscatter) + Checking SPF records (Joe-Job/Phishing protection) SNMP trap support Bandwidth monitoring capabilities with notifications if bandwidth usage exceeds/below defined percentage Improved Proxy Content Manager Daily proxy content manager digest sent by email for every user We are planning to publish the public BETA ISO image on Friday, November 19th, on our download servers and mirros. It will be announced here.
[Middle] Up2Date 5.027
Urgency: Middle(low, Middle, HIGH) Size:27MB (27,347,507 bytes) md5sum: c57ab1a335b70a8d082d2a14654a24e7 Up2Date 5.027 Remarks Required previous version is 5.026 Existing configuration will not be changed !! Firewall will reboot after Up2Date !! New/Changed/Improved Added new kernel with a lot of bugfixes Added extra e100/e1000 drivers with NAPI support (the new intel modules are 'optional' which means they are not used by default.
[Low] Up2Date 4.024
Urgency: low (low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 3MB (3,867,824 bytes) md5sum: 0b0188c2c850924cacb901ccc611e380 Up2Date 4.024 Remarks Required previous version is 4.023 Existing configuration will not be changed Active VPN connections will be restarted MiddleWare will be restarted Bugfixes ID1763 PPTP server gives out information about its version ID1727 Firewall replies to SYN-FIN packets 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 5.026
Urgency: Middle(low, Middle, HIGH) Size:16MB (16,714,106 bytes) md5sum: 80a5b7a9cadc206b8d83f361d4d8e6b1 Up2Date 5.026 Remarks Required previous version is 5.025 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 Addressed HTTP Proxy performance issues Bugfix (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) ID1442 Virtual IP addresses don't work in mixed L2TP/non-L2TP environments ID1552 FTP with username and password not working ID1607 HTTP Virus Scanning fails Windows Update ID1756 Packetfilterrules may not be set correctly after MiddleWare restart 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.
New Astaro Secure Client released
Astaro Secure Client for VPN Networks. A Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows organizations to use the Internet for communication with mobile employees and remote offices at a low cost while maintaining excellent security. The Astaro Secure Client ensures the highest levels of security for VPN. It provides strong user authentication and end-to-end encryption so that mobile workers, home workers, and remote offices can communicate securely over the Internet with a central VPN gateway.
[Middle] Up2Date 5.025
Urgency: Middle(low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 34MB (34,355,762 bytes) md5sum: beacad4d0cc04d29595720589ed968d0 Up2Date 5.025 Remarks Required previous version is 5.024 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 Added support for Astaro Report Manager Bugfix (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) ID1696 Internet Explorer can not open HA Livelog 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 5.020
Urgency: Middle(low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 16MB (16,043,972 bytes) md5sum: ba0544e200970742006c863ce3d2875c Up2Date 5.020 Remarks Required previous version is 5.019 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 Improved IP counting and handling Improved notification scheme for license features Bugfix (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) 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 5.018
Urgency: Middle(low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 28MB (28,061,115 bytes) md5sum: 568e1f27de4a5ecba42abf12cf55ac99 Up2Date 5.018 Remarks Required previous version is 5.017 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 Added Parent Proxy functionality for HTTP Proxy Re-enabled HTTP caching if Contentfilter is used Improved HTTP Proxy/Contentfilter performance Improved compatibility of HTTP Proxy/Contentfilter with unusual Webservers/Webclients Bugfix (please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org ) 1143 Packetfilter: not possible to drop IGMP multicasts packets 1182 Proxy Content Manager: not possible to delete content when all mails are selected 1187 SSH Accession can not handle certificates generated with ASL V5 1207 Anonymity level in squid removes the authentication headers for the parent cache 1321 Webadmin can be set to operate on already used Ports 1324 Major HTTP Proxy improvement and reactivate caching with contentfilter 1329 Improved ICMP selection in Definition Services 1334 Changing the name of an interface makes it unresolvable in Definitions–> Networks 1351 FTP Proxy download with SP and IE: shows lot of XML-content displayed in the browser 1352 Content Filter is logging also if Log Level is set to None in HTTP-Proxy 1359 WebAdmin: admin accidentally deleted by saving new credentials 1365 Media Streams do not work if Content Filter is enabled 1379 HTTP Usage Report -> Accessed Sites do not map to user names 1380 Error Message for changing interface name is incomplete 1384 sundance driver: produces gigabytes of log entries 1386 www.wetter.com does not work if Content Filter is enabled 1392 Using a 'blank' (space) in comment field anticipate editing the comment field again 1400 Reporting-> Content Filter does not show SP/VP values under certain cirumstances 1401 Content removal doesn't work with MSN or Yahoo 1402 POP3 Spam Average is incorrect under certain circumstances 1407 SMTP Proxy option labeling needs to be improved 1411 Some sites are not working if Content Filter is enabled: HTTP Accept-Encoding workaround 1416 ip_nat_ftp connection tracking helper module not loaded 1417 Block embedded objects and Java Script is not working in certain cases 1444 Visual Bug after entering custom rule into intrusion protection rules 1454 Syslog Patch for Squid (improve logging speed) 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