2007-08-13
Software Version 5.0
Linux kernel 2.6, updated VPN system and new interface design
Linux Kernel 2.6
- Comprehensive support of current and future hardware
- Faster response times during heavy workloads
- Better allocation of available computing time
- More efficient memory management
- Change of the file system from reiserfs to ext3 for new systems or when software RAID is activated later
- Faster SATA speed on many chips
- Automatic handling of incoming SOCKS connections
Updated VPN System
- Simplified configuration
- Support of "Dead Peer Detection": Detection if the tunnel is still active
- Only the affected connection is now reestablished when configuration changes are made
- Encryption methods can be configured under "Services > VPN > Encryption"
- Certificates can be issued for up to 5 years
- Fully compatible with software version 4
New interface design
- Simplified menu navigation
- Improved display of the interface
- New system for internal service communication
- Many small detail improvements
- Improving security on the Linux base system (bind-9.3.4-P1: CVE-2007-2926, freetype-2.2.1: CVE-2007-1351 and CVE-2007-2754, perl-Net-DNS-0.60: CVE-2007-3377, perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.2.2: CVE-2007-2873)
- Aktualisierung von Linux Basisdiensten (boost-1.33.1, conntrack-1.0, cpio-2.4.2, dante-1.1.19, e2fsprogs-1.39, gd-2.0.34, gettext-0.15.0, gmp-4.1.4, info-4.8, iproute-2.6.20, kernel-2. 6.21.6, libt2n-0.3, libusb-0.1.12, libxml2-2.6.28, module-init-tools-3.3, ppp-2.4.4, pptp-1.7.1, razor-agents-2.83, rp-pppoe-3.8, sed-4.1.5, strongswan-2.8.6, texinfo-4.8, whfc-1.2.4)
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