Download IPFire 2.23 – Core Update 135

IPFire is an open source firewall for i586, x86_64, and ARM systems. It includes an intrusion detection/prevention system, divides the network into zones, does stateful packet inspection and offers VPN capabilities. For more information, please refer to this page. The developers have released Core Update 135 for production systems of version 2.23. The corresponding announcement looks like this:

IPFire 2.23 – Core Update 135 released

This is the official release announcement for IPFire 2.23 – Core Update 135, which is packed with a new kernel, various bug fixes and we recommend to install it as soon as possible.

Kernel Update
The IPFire Linux kernel has been rebased on 4.14.138 and various improvements have been added. Most notably, this kernel – once again – fixes CPU vulnerabilities.

misc.

• On x86_64, the effectiveness of KASLR has been improved which prevents attackers from executing exploits or injecting code
• DNS: unbound has been improved so that it will take much less time to start up in case a DNS server is unavailable.
• Scripts that boot up IPFire have been improved, rewritten and cleaned up for a faster boot and they now handle some error cases better
• Updated packages: dhcpcd 7.2.3, nettle 3.5.1, squid 4.8, tzdata 2019b

Add-ons – Updated Packages

• bird 2.0.4
• clama 0.101.3
• iperf 2.0.13
• iperf3 3.7
• mc 4.8.23
• pcengines firmware 4.9.0.7