Download PacketFence 3.3.2

An NAC system can be used to secure a network environment. This allows, based on pre-set policies, network devices to be automatically blocked if 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, which allows a network device to be placed in the correct vlan after analysis. For more information, please refer to this page and to the 32nd [IN]SECURE Magazine, in which an article about this package can be found. The developers have released version 3.3.2 with the following announcement:

PacketFence 3.3.2 released

This is a minor release with critical bug fixes. Upgrading to 3.3.2 is strongly advised to users of a 3.3.x version.

Ready for production use.

Here are the changes in 3.3.2:

New Hardware Support

• HP Procurve 5300 series now identified as supported (thanks to the community!)

Bug Fixes

• critical fix for deauthentication affecting AeroHIVE, Aruba, Cisco Wireless, Motorola and Ruckus. Introduced in 3.3.0 (#1426)
• Web Admin no longer showing errors in popup dialogs. Introduced in 3.0.3 (#1420)
• violation trigger parser now more tolerant of trailing spaces
• ‘add user’ renamed ‘add admin’ for consistency (#1381, Thanks to Joao Moreira)
• apache tests under pfcmd checkup fails if modules generates warnings (#1283, Thanks to Philipp Snizek)
• another shot at ‘named not started if using inline enforcement only’
• trap_limit feature fixes: local traps ignored and continue processing if no action (#1405)
• false positive error reporting on the Web Admin on specific User-Agents (#1408)
• saner axis in dashboard graphics

…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.

Enjoy!