The Inverse team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of
PacketFence v8.2. 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
* state-of-the art devices fingerprinting with Fingerbank
* multiple enforcement methods including Role-Based Access Control
(RBAC) and hotspot-style
* 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*
* Added support for clusters with servers located in multiple layer 3
networks (PR #3656)
* Permit incoming Eduroam TLRS RADIUS requests (PR #3399)
* pfconfig is tenant aware (PR #3385)
* Realm are tenant scoped (PR #3385)
* Added Mojo web authentication support (PR #3604)
* New authentication source Password of the Day (PR #3285)
* Added SMTP test function in Alerting (PR #3642)
* Juniper SRX Firewall SSO module (PR #2842)
*Enhancements*
* Now support CoA on Meraki switches
* jsonrpc requests send the current tenant_id (#3271)
* Take the tenant id in consideration in the queue (#3269)
* Performed various improvements to the maintenance script (PR #3445)
* Increased maximum node bandwidth balance from 4 GB to 18.4467441 XB
(exabytes) (#3477) (PR #3493)
* Improve connection profile's advanced filter
* Use MySQL as backend for pfdhcp options (deprecates etcd) (PR #3484)
* Reorder iptables rules (PR #3463)
* Better error handling for pfdetect.conf (PR #3607)
* HAProxy stats files are now located in var/run/ with explicit
filenames (PR #3645)
*
pfdns now uses the PacketFence standard Golang logging library (PR
#3638)
* Added VOIP and Downloadable ACLs support to Aruba 5400 switch module
(PR #3372)
* Switch filters can now be used to override the switch module that is
instantiated during a RADIUS connection (PR #3583)
* WIRED_MAC_AUTH and Ethernet-NoEAP merged (#3069) (PR #3261)
*Bug Fixes*
* Backslash in usernames in Reports section is shown as "=5C" (#3508)
(PR #3510)
* Multiple bug fixes to the pfdhcp service (PR #3571)
* Domain join log entries contain clear-text credentials (#3448)
* Fixed false positive dhcp rogue detection (PR #3514)
* Sponsor Email subject and body are i18n in the same language (#3670)
* pfstats hammers pfdhcp and the API frontend with requests (#3634)
* Can't download SAML metadata in the admin (#3720)
Seehttps://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/compare/packetfence-8.1.0...packetfence-8.2.0for
the complete change log.
See the UPGRADE file for notes about
upgrading:https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/tree/packetfence-8.2.0/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: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
tosupp...@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.
--
Ludovic Marcotte
lmarco...@inverse.ca :: +1.514.755.3630 :: https://inverse.ca
Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (https://sogo.nu), PacketFence
(https://packetfence.org) and Fingerbank (https://fingerbank.org)
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