Download PacketFence 1.8.6

An NAC system can be used to secure a network environment. This allows network devices to be automatically blocked, based on pre-set policies, when an undesirable situation occurs. Think of unknown network devices of visitors, a worm that is trying to spread or an authorized device that is equipped with a different operating system via a boot flop or live CD. PacketFence is one such nac system with support for 802.1x and vlan isolation, with which a network device can be placed in the correct vlan after analysis. The developers have released version 1.8.6 and provided it with the following announcement:

PacketFence 1.8.6 released

The Inverse Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PacketFence 1.8.6. This is a maintenance release of PacketFence which focuses on stability and includes many bug fixes and several small enhancements.

New Features:

• New iPod UserAgent blocking string examples
• Snort 2.8.5 compatibility (#581, #846 and #849)
• Expire mode deadline now works in vlan isolation mode (#865)
• Installation guide updated

Bug fixes:

• Fixed issues with SSH as CLI transport
• Fixed broken 802.1x behavior (#839 and #841)
• Fixed pfmon Out of Memory! crash when trappable network is very large ie: /8 (#861)
• Fixed a problem when adding or editing a Cisco Catalyst 2970, 3500XL and Wireless Controller 4400 from the Web Admin interface (#836)
• Fixed SNMPv3 configuration from Web Admin interface and pfcmd. Missing SNMPUserNameTrap parameter. Did not affect flat file config. (#853)
• Fixed missing library requirement when using PacketFence with routed VLANs (#838)
• Database schema updated for our backup script in addons/ (#800)
• Backup script keeps more location history by default
• Got rid of the non-InnoDB tables (#747)
• Removed some unnecessary warnings (#850 and #862)

…and more. See the ChangeLog file for the complete list of changes and the UPGRADE file for notes about upgrading. Both files are in the PacketFence distribution.