Louis Munro
2015-03-06 21:14:49 UTC
The Inverse team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PacketFence 4.7.0.
This is a major release with new features, enhancements and important bug fixes.
This release is considered ready for production use and upgrading from 4.6.1 is strongly advised.
What is PacketFence ?
PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, Free and Open Source Network Access Control (NAC) solution. Boasting an impressive feature set, PacketFence can be used to effectively secure small to very large heterogeneous networks.
Among the features provided by PacketFence, there are:
Powerful BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) capabilities
Simple and efficient guests management
Multiple enforcement methods with Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Compliance checks for endpoints present on your network
Integration with various vulnerability scanners, intrusion detection solutions and firewalls
Bandwidth accounting for all devices
A complete overview of the solution is available from the official website: http://www.packetfence.org/about/overview.html
Changes Since Previous Release
New Features
The admin GUI is now customizable.
New category filter on portal profile allows to select a portal based on existing role of a device.
New PacketFence-config service allows effortless scaling to thousands of switches and reduces memory use.
Enhancements
Nodes are now searchable by status
Removed SSLv3 and legacy ciper suites support from default httpd configuration to prevent POODLE exploit and FREAK attack.
Added an option to display Bypass VLAN of a node in the Admin GUI.
Added nested groups support for Active Directory.
It is now possible to check if a device has already authenticated as member of an Active-Directory domain prior to user authentication.
Improved portal language detection.
Devices will now avoid autocorrect / uppercasing the login field in the captive portal.
Now supports roaming without SNMP on Aerohive APs.
Bug Fixes
Fixed broken default behaviour when receiving an SNMP trap.
Fixed email confirmation template for sponsor.
Fixed email subject encoding.
Fixes allowing a non-sponsored user to verify a sponsored email address.
Fixed invalid floating device creation where the MAC address was not normalized.
Fixed the date range search in node advanced search.
See https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/commits/packetfence-4.7.0 for the complete change log.
See the UPGRADE file for notes about upgrading: https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/tree/packetfence-4.7.0/UPGRADE.asciidoc
Getting PacketFence
PacketFence is free software and is distributed under the GNU GPL. As such, you are free to download and try it by either getting the new release or by getting the sources: http://www.packetfence.org/development/sourcecode.html
Documentation about the installation and configuration of PacketFence is also available: http://www.packetfence.org/documentation/
How Can I Help ?
PacketFence is a collaborative effort in order to create the best Free and Open Source NAC solution. There are multiple ways you can contribute to the project:
Documentation reviews, enhancements and translations
Feature requests or by sharing your ideas
Participate in the discussion on mailing lists (http://www.packetfence.org/support/community.html)
Patches for bugs or enhancements
Provide new translations of remediation pages
Getting Support
For any questions, do not hesitate to contact us by writing to ***@inverse.ca
You can also fill our online form (http://www.inverse.ca/about/contact.html) and a representative from Inverse will contact you.
Inverse offers professional services to organizations willing to secure their wired and wireless networks with the PacketFence solution.
This is a major release with new features, enhancements and important bug fixes.
This release is considered ready for production use and upgrading from 4.6.1 is strongly advised.
What is PacketFence ?
PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, Free and Open Source Network Access Control (NAC) solution. Boasting an impressive feature set, PacketFence can be used to effectively secure small to very large heterogeneous networks.
Among the features provided by PacketFence, there are:
Powerful BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) capabilities
Simple and efficient guests management
Multiple enforcement methods with Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Compliance checks for endpoints present on your network
Integration with various vulnerability scanners, intrusion detection solutions and firewalls
Bandwidth accounting for all devices
A complete overview of the solution is available from the official website: http://www.packetfence.org/about/overview.html
Changes Since Previous Release
New Features
The admin GUI is now customizable.
New category filter on portal profile allows to select a portal based on existing role of a device.
New PacketFence-config service allows effortless scaling to thousands of switches and reduces memory use.
Enhancements
Nodes are now searchable by status
Removed SSLv3 and legacy ciper suites support from default httpd configuration to prevent POODLE exploit and FREAK attack.
Added an option to display Bypass VLAN of a node in the Admin GUI.
Added nested groups support for Active Directory.
It is now possible to check if a device has already authenticated as member of an Active-Directory domain prior to user authentication.
Improved portal language detection.
Devices will now avoid autocorrect / uppercasing the login field in the captive portal.
Now supports roaming without SNMP on Aerohive APs.
Bug Fixes
Fixed broken default behaviour when receiving an SNMP trap.
Fixed email confirmation template for sponsor.
Fixed email subject encoding.
Fixes allowing a non-sponsored user to verify a sponsored email address.
Fixed invalid floating device creation where the MAC address was not normalized.
Fixed the date range search in node advanced search.
See https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/commits/packetfence-4.7.0 for the complete change log.
See the UPGRADE file for notes about upgrading: https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/tree/packetfence-4.7.0/UPGRADE.asciidoc
Getting PacketFence
PacketFence is free software and is distributed under the GNU GPL. As such, you are free to download and try it by either getting the new release or by getting the sources: http://www.packetfence.org/development/sourcecode.html
Documentation about the installation and configuration of PacketFence is also available: http://www.packetfence.org/documentation/
How Can I Help ?
PacketFence is a collaborative effort in order to create the best Free and Open Source NAC solution. There are multiple ways you can contribute to the project:
Documentation reviews, enhancements and translations
Feature requests or by sharing your ideas
Participate in the discussion on mailing lists (http://www.packetfence.org/support/community.html)
Patches for bugs or enhancements
Provide new translations of remediation pages
Getting Support
For any questions, do not hesitate to contact us by writing to ***@inverse.ca
You can also fill our online form (http://www.inverse.ca/about/contact.html) and a representative from Inverse will contact you.
Inverse offers professional services to organizations willing to secure their wired and wireless networks with the PacketFence solution.