Download PacketFence 8.1.0

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 such a nac system, with support for 802.1x, finger bank and vlan isolation, which allows a network device to be placed in the correct vlan after analysis. The developers have released version 8.1.0:

New Features

• Added support for dynamic PSK (Cisco IPSK) for the Cisco WLC and hostapd (PR #3244)
• Added Ubiquiti Unifi web authentication and 802.1X support
• Added support for Cambium AP module for 802.1X, MAC and web authentication (PR #3282)
• Change root portal module on failure/success
• Save already entered field on the portal (chain auth)
• Custom message for SMS registration
• Expire SMS pin code
• Define the length of the pin code
• Enable or disable sponsor authentication when he validates access (PR #2995)

Enhancements

• Allow connection profiles to be enabled/disabled (PR #3175)
• Add new portal module action that wraps the default actions a module would normally execute (fixes #3231)
• Improved startup time of PacketFence (PR #3213)
• Fix local/reject realm for eduroam in standalone configuration (PR #3264)
• Allow subsecond timeouts for LDAP connections
• Allow randomization of the search order for a list of LDAP servers
• IP exclusion is now possible in the DHCP server
• Allow max node per role when doing autoregistration
• Moved unregister on accounting stop parameter on the connection profile
• VLAN filters can be set to ${node_info.category} and it will return the current category of the device
• The database load-balancer now listens on the cluster management IP address
• Allow to update switches while importing them via CSV

Bug Fixes

• Netdata never ending restarts after a reboot (#3287)
• Systemd PID file causes issues when there is a stale PID file (#3291)
• Fixes when a LDAP authentication source contains multiple IP addresses (#3234)
• Added missing DHCP Statistics for routed networks on the dashboard (#3128)