Hi, On 06/01/2017 11:54 AM, gustavo panizzo wrote: > Hello > > On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 07:43:35PM +0200, Muri Nicanor wrote: > >> * New upstream version 0.7.0 >> This release contains a backwards incompatible >> change because it changes how the device hash is >> computed for Linux root hub devices > > How is it handled for users that already have a config file? do they > need to create a new configuration file? kind of. the hashes of the devices in the usbguard rules file will have to be set to new values. in the old versions of usbguard, the Linux root hub bcdDevice value was included in the hash value of the device- but this value changes every new kernel release. so it is now excluded from calculating the hash.
> Can the update to the config file by done automatically? (postinst) i don't think so- postinst would have to calculate new hashes for every device listed in the rules file but most devices won't be present at the time of upgrading. > does this version need a newer kernel than older versions? no
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