Download EnGarde Secure Linux 3.0.6

EnGarde Secure Linux is a Linux distribution aimed at serving servers with a high level of security. It contains a number of standard applications with which various server tasks can be performed without any problems, such as serving dynamic websites, mail and performing network intrusion detection. For more information, we refer you to this page. Version 3.0.6 has recently been released and includes the following announcement:

Version 3.0.6:

Guardian Digital is happy to announce the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.6 (Version 3.0, Release 6). This release includes several bug fixes and feature enhancements to the Guardian Digital WebTool and the SELinux policy, several updated packages, and a couple of new packages available for installation.

The following reported bugs from bugs.engardelinux.org are fixed in this release:

• #0000064 ADSL ppoe problem
• #0000066 Aliased eth0:X interfaces do not work with Shorewall

Several other bugs are fixed in this release as well.

New features include:

• Source packages are now available via the Guardian Digital Secure Network using APT.
• Three new SELinux booleans: mysql_network (Allow the MySQL daemon to use a network socket), sshd_anyport (Allow the SSH daemon to bind to a port other than 22), and httpd_content_over_ftp (Allow vsftpd to read/write /home/httpd files).
• The latest stable versions of MySQL (5.0.20a), gnupg (1.4.3), php5 (5.1.2), rsync (2.6.8), samba (3.0.22) and syslog-ng (1.6.10).
• A new package for ruby ​​(1.8.4).

All new users downloading EnGarde Secure Linux for the first time or users who use the LiveCD environment should download this release.

Users who are currently using EnGarde Secure Linux do not need to download this release — they can update their machines via the Guardian Digital Secure Network WebTool module.

Version 3.0.5:

Guardian Digital is happy to announce the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.5 (Version 3.0, Release 5). This release includes several bug fixes and feature enhancements to the Guardian Digital WebTool and the SELinux policy, several updated packages, and a couple of new packages available for installation.

The following reported bugs from bugs.engardelinux.org are fixed in this release:

• #0000061 Problem creating virtual interface via webtool.
• #0000059 Problem creating SSL certificates
• #0000056 When clicking ALL in Access Control – access is blocked.
• #0000055 SSH Key Passphrase issue
• #0000054 IMPROVED GDSN Package Management Interface
• #0000053 We can support EM64T
• #0000052 LILO cannot send output to the terminal

Several other bugs are fixed in this release as well.

New features include:

• Support for the 64bit Intel EM64T architecture. Users with these machines can now use the x86_64 ISO image in full 64bit mode.
• The latest stable versions of aide (0.11), gnupg (1.4.2.2), postfix (2.2.9), samba (3.0.21c), and xinetd (2.3.14), and zaptel (1.2.4)
• New packages for bridge-utils (1.1) and perl-Net-SNMP (5.2.0).