Hi guys, as Astaro Security Linux 2.0 is finally out, we are already very busy with the development of our next release – 3.0. Thanks for all your input and feature requests for this version, these will finally be the highlights in Astaro Security Linux 3.0: URL Filter Lists (pre- and selfdefined) DHCP client PPPoE client New SMTP Proxy, additionally featuring TLS, User Auth, Spam and Attachment blocking Quality of Service (or Traffic Shaping) High Availability (or Hot Standby) New install procedure Intrusion Detection (based on Snort) On the way to 3.0, we will release several BETA versions, labelled Astaro Security Linux 2.1xx BETA.
[Middle] Up2Date 2.010
Urgency: Middle (low, Middle, HIGH) Up2Date 2.010 Update Selfmonitoring support for high load traffic accounting Show version of virus pattern files Old log file cleaning Bugfix Report full header for virus infected emails in WebAdmin SOCKS restart First scale for SWAP and MEM reporting Download Information Size: 5089763 bytes All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! READ MORE
Virus Protection for private and non-commercial users
Astaro now licenses the email virus scanning feature to private and non-commercial users. The price for the license covers Astaros expenses to third party companies and handling costs. To order, download a PDF form at http://www.astaro.com/products/vporder.html and fax it to one of the numbers indicated on the form.
[High] Up2Date 1.999 2.000
Urgency: HIGH (low, Middle, HIGH) Up2Date 1.999 Update startup/restart for syslog, network accounting, HTTP proxy, reboot, shutdown Up2Date Process WebAdmin report display IPSec IKE handling programs Middleware This is the last Up2Date for 1.9XX version! Download Information Size: 6239671 bytes Up2Date 2.000 Finish Up2Date 1.999 Size: 805 bytes All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! READ MORE
w32.nimda.a@mm
As of 21:05 CEST, new antivirus patterns are available to detect the w32.nimda.a@mm worm. Please run a System and Pattern Up2Date to include protection against this worm in the ASL SMTP proxy
[Middle] Up2Date 2.005
Urgency: Middle (low, Middle, HIGH) Up2Date 2.005 Minor Bugfixes stop PPTP fix improved automatic pattern up2date Download Information Size: 1684633 bytes All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! READ MORE
ASL and UNIX timer at one billion seconds
On Sep.
Astaro Security Linux 2.0
We are pleased to announce the availability of Astaro Security Linux 2.0! Following major enhancements are part of Astaro Security Linux 2.0: SCSI Hard disk support (see the detailed supported Hardware list at asl-hardware.txt ) Gigabit NIC support Road warrior-VPN support via PPTP WebAdmin allows to cancel a session opened by another administrator, if urgent Login requirements exist The WebAdmin TCP port is now configurable WebAdmin support for managing virus infected emails WebAdmin support for Portscan Detection options Audible alarm to monitor the Startup (5 beeps) or Shutdown (beeps until power off) of headless firewall appliances System Up2date Service has been separated from virus pattern Up2date Service, each service has individual options (e.g. check every hour for virus pattern updates, and do system updates manually) Backup-files can be emailed automatically in user defined time intervals Additional keyboard layouts are supported during installation (US, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Netherland) Self-signed SSL certificate generation Remote logging via Syslog/SNMP (see syslog howto or snmp howto ) Proxy ARP support IP Aliases can be assigned to Network Interfaces Multiport Tulip NICs drivers have been updated The release schedule for upgrading existing users is as follows: Up2Dates for upgrading from 1.8xx will be provided beginning of September. Up2Dates for upgrading from 1.952 to Astaro Security Linux 2.0 will be released next week
[High] Up2Date 1.951
Urgency: HIGH (low, Middle, HIGH) Up2Date 1.951 Bugfix Dynamic IP for IPSec VPN Shutdown/Halt Download Information Size: 231800 All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed! READ MORE
[High] Up2Date 1.941 1.950
Urgency: HIGH (low, Middle, HIGH) Up2Date 1.941 Prepare Up2Date 1.950 Size: 8463 bytes Up2Date 1.950 New VPN IPSec Stack Tulip NIC driver Update Up2Date process Remarks ATTENTION !!!! After Up2Date 1.950 your firewall will automatically reboot! This takes some minutes, depending on your hardware.