Here comes the first Beta of Astaro Security Linux 4.0!
We have been working hard on our sweetheart over the past 9 months and we are now very proud to present it to you - and hope it will make your lives better.
Among numerous improvements here are the new key features:
* VLAN tagging
* WLAN access point
* Dynamic filtering per IPSec tunnel
* PPPoA DSL client
* Faster and nicer WebAdmin
* Transparent POP3 virus protection
* Heuristic spam protection
* More content filtering
* Easy high availability Up2Date
* Encrypted backup files
* NAT traversal for IPSec
* LDAP user authentication
* Radius for PPTP
* Radius for Surf Protection
* Black/White lists for Surf Protection
* Many new IPSec algorithms
* Extended hardware support
Let me place an emphasis on the nature of a Beta - although most things should work properly please do not use it in a production environment.
We plan to release additional betas within the next few weeks, still some work to do:
* Radius for Surf Protection not working properly
* HA Up2Date not working properly
* WLAN only station mode, access point not working yet
* AMD K6 CPUs not working yet (!?)
We will be happy to provide you Up2Dates for this BETA.
Licensing will not change, prices will not increase, home user licenses will work, all users with a valid Up2Date license are entitled to a free upgrade. Upgrading will be possible with new ISO + config backup or via Up2Date (only with the final ASL v4 version - not the betas).
What else is there to say... we are really looking forward to receive your feedback: first impressions, bug reports, additions/changes to the hardware compatibility list (please post only in this forum).
Hardware compatibility list
Known issue list
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Enjoy - and thanks for your continued support and cooperation,
Astaro R&D team