ReleaseNotes3.0.16

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EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.16 Release Notes

Guardian Digital is happy to announce the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.16 (Version 3.0, Release 16). This release includes many updated packages and bug fixes, some feature enhancements to Guardian Digital WebTool and the SELinux policy, and a few new features.

In distribution since 2001, EnGarde Secure Community was one of the very first security platforms developed entirely from open source, and has been engineered from the ground-up to provide users and organizations with complete, secure Web functionality, DNS, database, e-mail security and even e-commerce.

The following reported bugs from bugs.engardelinux.org are fixed in this release:

  • #0000163 no access to dhcpcd interface on webtool since last dhcpd ...
  • #0000164 No Security timeout when using "mc".
  • #0000165 Request to include Fail2Ban package in EnGarde
  • #0000166 Wrong text on button.
  • #0000167 ispell

Several other bugs are fixed in this release as well.

New features include:

  • EnGarde Secure Linux now has support for KVM, the Kernel-based Virtual Machine. KVM utilizes the Intel VT and AMD-V processor extensions to provide a very fast virtualization environment using QEMU. More information on KVM may be found at kvm.qumranet.com. Eckersid Silapaswang, one of our engineers, has documented how to use this new KVM functionality in the HOWTO:Using_KVM article in this wiki. He's also provided two images of this 3.0.16 release, one for i686 and one for x86_64, at http://ftp.engardelinux.org/pub/engarde/people/eckie/kvm-images/. Users are encouraged to download these sample images and, using the wiki article, evaluate KVM for themselves!
  • Downloading EnGarde Secure Linux just became a whole lot easier! For convenience, we've removed the need to register before downloading EnGarde Secure Linux. Users can now create a GDSN Account after installing EnGarde, during their initial configuration. This eliminates any confusion and inefficiencies in getting the server up and running.
  • Limited support for the new ext4 filesystem. This is not intended for use in a production environment -- it's being provided simply for evaluation purposes.
  • Updated PCI tables and hardware detection system, which allows for much better detection of more recent hardware.
  • Several new packages such as ImageMagick (6.3.1), alsa-lib (1.0.14a), aspell (0.60.5), aspell-en (6.0), kvm (33), mailman (2.1.9), perl-Apache-Session (1.83), perl-Authen-Captcha (1.023), sysfsutils (2.1.0), and xl2tpd (1.1.11).
  • The latest stable versions of asterisk (1.4.9), clamav (0.91.1), curl (7.16.4), dovecot (1.0.2), e2fsprogs (1.40.2), engarde-policy (3.16), freetype (2.3.5), iptables (1.3.8), kernel (2.6.22), krb5 (1.6.2), libpcap (0.9.7), lm_sensors (2.10.4), m4 (1.4.10), ntp (4.2.4p3), openswan (2.4.9), perl-RPM (1.51), postgresql (8.2.4), rkhunter (1.3.0), samba (3.0.25b), shorewall (3.2.8), sudo (1.6.9p3), tcpdump (3.9.7), webtool (3.16), and zaptel (1.4.4).

All new users downloading EnGarde Secure Linux for the first time or users who use the LiveCD environment should download this release.

Users who are currently using EnGarde Secure Linux do not need to download this release -- they can update their machines via the Guardian Digital Secure Network WebTool module.

Downloading

Below are the MD5 sums for the i686 and x86_64 ISO images: 

6dc709062dc82ee602338225a3a8fb88  engarde-community-3.0.16.i686.iso
4da9f4add9e75eb595d3cb106782aeb8  engarde-community-3.0.16.x86_64.iso

You may download this ISO image via FTP by following the "Download Now!" link from engardelinux.org:

http://www.engardelinux.org/

(It may take several days for this image to make it to our mirrors, please be patient).

Further Information

New users are encouraged to explore our community forum and wiki: 

 * EnGarde Secure Linux Homepage
 http://www.engardelinux.org/

 * EnGarde Secure Linux Community Forum
 http://www.engardelinux.org/forums/

 * EnGarde Secure Linux Wiki
 http://wiki.engardelinux.org/

 * EnGarde Secure Linux Bug Tracking System
 http://bugs.engardelinux.org/

Release History

Aug 07 2007 EnGarde Secure Linux 3.0.16 (Community)

Jul 10 2007 EnGarde Secure Linux 3.0.15 (Community)

May 08 2007 EnGarde Secure Linux 3.0.14 (Community)

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