The Inverse team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PacketFence v13.0. This is a major release with new features, enhancements and bug fixes. This release is considered ready for production use and upgrading from previous versions 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 * multiple enforcement methods including Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and hotspot-style * built-in network behaviour anomaly detection * state-of-the art devices identification with Fingerbank * compliance checks for endpoints present on your network * integration with various vulnerability scanners, intrusion detection solutions, security agents and firewalls * bandwidth accounting for all devices A complete overview of the solution is available from the official website: https://packetfence.org/about.html Changes Since Previous Release New Features * ACL pre-creation support for wired and WiFi equipment * Redis-based queueing to improve geo-distributed deployments * End-to-end testing framework to UI for CI/CD pipelines (#7350) Enhancements * Refactored all Cisco modules to now use OS versions instead of model names * Be informed (through security event) when a device pops up into a VLAN or a subnet that shouldn’t be there (#7529) * Upgraded coredns libraries (#7197) * Added Palo Alto switch module to manage web admin login using RADIUS (#7643) * Removed WMI (#7649) * Allow to call a custom script from pfupdate to handle VIP in cloud environments (#7654) * Removed IBM provisioner (#7686) * Removed ServiceNow provisioner (#7699) * Removed Symantec Provisioner (#7700) * Removed OPSWAT Provisioner (#7716) * Removed httpd.proxy service (#7668) * Removed unused service httpd.collector (#7667) * Removed Traffic Shaping (#7666) * Optimized pfdhcp (#7710) * ISO installer supports UEFI booting (#7724) * Updated to go 1.20.5 (#7636) * Documentation to manage HTTP and RADIUS certificates * Updated OpenAPI Specification to version 3 and improved coverage to all endpoints, including meta OPTIONS and distinct collection sub-types Bug Fixes * Removed the use of pthread_atfork (#7538) * Don't delete a node from pfdhcp if it is disabled on node deregister (#7525) * Accurately display the number of registered nodes per role and the overall total of registered nodes (#7471) * Moved FreeRADIUS refresh to pfqueue (#7620) See https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/compare/v12.2.0...v13.0.0<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/compare/v12.2.0...v13.0.0__;!!GjvTz_vk!S05rN2ca5m4jY-Cl5TrqWO2nNTnWjKh4LVInUaK7ExqPoWFkDlVH8vGAHMxkmdWHxRbJn7ERfE9w1-A8NxZe$> for the complete change log. See the Upgrade guide for notes about upgrading: https://packetfence.org/doc/PacketFence_Upgrade_Guide.html 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: https://packetfence.org/download.html Documentation about the installation and configuration of PacketFence is also available: https://packetfence.org/support/index.html#/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 (https://packetfence.org/support/index.html#/community) * 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 supp...@inverse.ca<mailto:supp...@inverse.ca> You can also fill our online form (https://inverse.ca/#contact) 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.
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