Adam Pavelec wrote: > Joseph said the following on 7/21/2006 3:30 PM: > > >> How does one update or upgrade ones 2.x Endian firewall. Am I correct >> to assume that this feature has been disabled? Why run a firewall if >> you cannot patch it and or keep it up to date for current vunerablities? >> > > Please review http://www.endian.it/en/community/about/compare/ -- > Endian, in its Enterprise version, does support upgrades. The Community > version, on the other hand, only includes community support sans > upgrade-ability. As a workaround, you can theoretically backup your > firewall configuration, install the new version when it's released, and > restore the backup; but YMMV -- a few users, myself included, have > reported difficulties restoring their backups. > > I really do want to be in love with EFW, but the release of 2.0 has > really let me down. IMO, it is not yet ready for production and needs > further regression testing and problem resolution. Just last night, I > revisited pfSense <http://pfsense.com/> (which /does/ support upgrades > among other things) because my EFW 1) kept on losing its connection to > the outside world -- the only way to regain the connection was to > reboot; 2) didn't connect automatically on boot; and 3) could not keep > itself in sync with No-IP.com at all. > >
The release is stable to me and work pretty much to satisfaction, I really like it. Nevertheless I will switch back to IPCOP, just for the single reason that downloading and installing a new iso for each update is out of the question. THat's like going to the shop with your "off the shelf" soho each time a new firmware is out. I use IPCOP at home and for a small non profit organization that cannot afford buying the Enterprise version of Endian, or anything else for that matter. EFW is a better product for both places due to added functionality otherwise being handled by addons in IPCOP. In my opionion a manual upgrade option via the webinterface is the least the community version should incorporate. If not I fear it will die pretty quickly or worse, consist largely of outdated and possibly unsecure distributions. -Svein- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Efw-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user
