Discontinuance of Support Announcement: Astaro Security Linux V2 This notice announces that technical support and the Up2Date service for Astaro Security Linux V2 will be terminated on December 31, 2004. No additional support requests will be accepted after that date. Sales of Astaro Security Linux V2 were discontinued at the end of 2001, three years prior to the end of support announced in this notice
Astaro Report Manager released
Astaro Report Manager is a security data collection and reporting tool that makes it easy to collect, correlate and analyze data from Astaro Security Linux and other security products. It collects and correlates data related to firewalls, network activities, attacks and intrusions, VPN usage, email, viruses, and web usage by employees. Data is presented in a wide variety of easy-to-understand tables, charts and graphs that can be viewed online, printed, and emailed.
ASL V5 ISO 5.013 available
This ASL V5 ISO image includes all recently released Up2Date packages. For documentation, please see the documentation section of the Astaro web site: docs.astaro.org For pricing information please contact: Europe: sales@astaro.com Americas: salesus@astaro.com Asia Pacific: sales@astaro.com Related documents: Hardware compatibility list Known issue list Manual ( English Deutsch ) Hardware Requirements ( Hardware Calculator ): CPU: PII > 400MHz RAM: 128 MB (256 recommended) CDROM: IDE or SCSI (see HCL for supported SCSI controller) Harddisk: > 5GB IDE or SCSI (see HCL for supported SCSI controller) NIC: at least 2 PCI NICs (see HCL for support chipsets) Interoperability and Migration ASL V4 back-up files can be imported into V5. The recommended way of upgrading from V4 to V5 is to (1) save a back-up file, (2) install V5, (3) re-import the back-up file, (4) perform a manual configuration.
[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 5.004 – RC3
Astaro would like to clarify that the 5.004 version of Astaro Security Linux, available on Up2Date 5.004, belong to Release Candidate #3, it is not the General Availability Release. The GA version will follow soon and it will be 5.005
[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.
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
[High] Up2Date 4.021
Urgency: HIGH (low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 6.5MB (6,554,231 bytes) md5sum: 6ec38b96f9cecb9d03c16696470b6098 Up2Date 4.021 Remarks Required previous version is 4.020 Existing configuration will not be changed !!! ATTENTION – FIREWALL WILL REBOOT AFTER UP2DATE !!! New/Changed/Improved Kernel mremap (CAN-2003-0077) vulnerability fixed Antispam setting for emails from MS Outlook reseted 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.
[Low] Up2Date 4.020
Urgency: low (low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 0.01 MB (1,316 bytes) md5sum: a7df1b7aa24601593e8452eacbc1cc7b Up2Date 4.020 Remarks Required previous version is 4.019 Existing configuration will not be changed New/Changed/Improved Virus Scan Engine License Key updated 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.
Astaro Security Linux 4.017 (new V4 ISO)
This is the fourth V4 ISO: asl-4.017. It includes the released V4-Up2Dates 4.001-4.016 and some new features and bugfixes.