Urgency: Middle (low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 1 Mbyte (55,068 bytes) md5sum: 6bd8f68480c68e732e44cef401828b6f Up2Date 6.004 Remarks Required previous version is 6.003 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 This Up2Date provides a performance increase for the POP3 Proxy concerning emails of small sizes. Bugfix  (please refer to the List of Known Issues on http://www.astaro.com/kb ) 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 6.003
Urgency: Middle (low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 36 Mbyte (36,344,160 bytes) md5sum: a2bb6f6e49803b82da6a588ecba69753 Up2Date 6.003 Remarks Required previous version is 6.002 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 Bugfix (please refer to the LIST OF KNOWN ISSUES on http://www.astaro.com/kb ) ID2900 All POP3 spam mails reported as threshold 1 ID2933 Policy routes have wrong sort order for more then 9 routes ID2995 Network-accounting in briged mode shows no traffic ID2998 Not possible to establish two L2TP tunnel to more than one interface ID3007 Communication to kaspersky virus scanner failed ID3015 DHCP Relay turns off before configuration set 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 6.002
Urgency: Middle (low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 29MB (29,724,836 bytes) md5sum: 8a98b4101826fe6281af6faacf069ffe Up2Date 6.002 Remarks Required previous version is 6.001 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 Bugfix (please refer to the LIST OF KNOWN ISSUES on http://www.astaro.com/kb ) ID2090 Windows Update does not work with NTLM authentication ID2802 Some reports stop working after deleting local logfiles ID2849 IPsec policies with DH/PFS group X 4096 don't work ID2870 LDAP authentication does not work in a special case ID2874 Factory Reset may not work correctly on slow machines ID2883 PPP Modem disconnect not properly detected ID2917 Problems using PPPoE interfaces with static gateway IP ID2922 IPS cannot be enabled on some firewalls Fix for the “HTTP CONNECT Unauthorized Access Weakness” reported on Bugtraq 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 3.223
Urgency: low (low, Middle, HIGH) Size: 0.1MB (1,075 bytes) md5sum: c9d4b84f1f9cf28689661d9b42070118 Remarks Required previous version is 3.222 Existing configuration will not be changed Discontinuance of Support Announcement: Astaro Security Linux V3 This notice announces that technical support and the Up2Date service for Astaro Security Linux V3 will be terminated on June 30, 2005. No additional support requests will be accepted after that date. Sales of Astaro Security Linux V3 were discontinued at the end of June 2002, three years prior to the end of support announced in this notice
BETA Up2Date 5.841
Astaro is pleased to announce the availability of the third Astaro Security Linux V6 BETA and invites you to test it! This third one is just a Up2Date package, for an initial installation you need ISO 5.838 . Please check here the detailed first announcement
Next ASL V6 BETA ISO
Astaro is pleased to announce the availability of the second Astaro Security Linux V6 BETA and invites you to test it! Please check here the detailed first announcement . New eDirectory Support (completed now, including group and container support, HTTP profile assignments based on eDirectory groups) Fixed Reporting not working completely IPsec encryption/hash algorithms incomplete IPsec Connections – Status viewer PPTP/L2TP Roadwarriors using DHCP Server eDirectory support not yet completed NTLM/LDAP/Radius Authentication for HTTP Proxy ASC Config export Lots of small fixes in WebAdmin and backend (all known issue stuff and a lot more…) Changed Redirect for Allowed Networks in Transparent HTTP Proxy Removed most of the debugging code Policy Routing for local services enabled (needs SNAT) Hardware detection – We are highly interested in your feedback about your used hardware!!! Limitations With the provided ISO image there are maybe some limitations (remember: its a BETA 🙂 Please check the Known Issue List (http://docs.astaro.org) before you test ASL V6 BETA! Astaro does not recommend to use ASL V6 BETA in productive environments but for home use. There is no manual for ASL V6 BETA and the Online Help may still contain some gaps. It is possible to import configuration backup files from ASL V5.2X and in the end we will support a config import from ASL V6 BETA into the GA version.
Astaro Security Client V8.2
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 5.200
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.