The Inverse team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of
PacketFence v9.1. 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*
* Network visualization
*
Microsoft Intune and ServiceNow support
*
Family Zone, LightSpeedRocket and SmoothWall firewall SSO support
* New way to forward Eduroam local realm to a specific RADIUS server
* New DNS auditing log module
*Enhancements*
* Adjust Fingerbank device class lookup ordering for added precision
of the device class
* Track configuration changes in local git repository
*
Randomize KeyBalanced to randomize the load-balancing in FreeRADIUS
Proxy.
*
Support for SentinelOne's new API version (v2.0)
* Firewall SSO is now performed centrally on the management node of a
cluster
* Added DHCP pool algorithm (random/oldest IP)
* Improved support for Juniper switches running Junos 15 and above
* Allow to configure the API token timeout
* Moved vlan_pool_technique configuration parameter to the connection
profile
* Added the RADIUS' targeted IP address in the RADIUS audit log (help
in cluster mode)
* pfperl-api port number changed to 22224
* Autoreg for mac-auth with an authorize source
* Parking portal has been moved in the haproxy and httpd.dispatcher
services and deprecates the dedicated httpd.parking service
*Bug Fixes*
* pfstats queries /api/v1/dhcp/stats are taking a lot of time (#4096)
* Duplicate reservations in the DHCP pool caused by a big
registration/inline network and pfstats call
*
LinkedIn social login integration due to deprecated API calls from
LinkedIn
* Fixed the logic of "Use the RADIUS username instead of the TLS
certificate common name when performing machine authentication"
Seehttps://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/compare/packetfence-9.0.0...packetfence-9.1.0for
the complete change log.
See the UPGRADE file for notes about
upgrading:https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/tree/packetfence-9.1.0/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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