Software update: PacketFence 2.0.1

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. The developers have released version 2.0.1 with the following announcement:

PacketFence 2.0.1 released!

The Inverse Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PacketFence 2.0.1. This is a minor release bringing new hardware support, a couple of enhancements and bug fixes. This release is considered ready for production use.

New Hardware Support

• Xirrus WiFi Arrays support (feature sponsored by the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor)
• Broaden Meru Controllers support
• Extricom EXSW Wireless Switches (Controllers) support

Enhancements

• Minor improvement to command-line and Web Admin help
• Improvements to SSID lookups
• Cisco WiSM and WLC SSID now recorded (#994)

Bug fixes

• Fixed pfcmd initiated VLAN re-evaluation (#1160)
• pfdhcplistener is better at updating node IP information (#1149)
• Fixed dot11Deauthentication traps issues with pfsetvlan (#1157)
• Added missing variable in snort.conf template (#1138)
• Fixed authorized MAC method in Cisco Catalyst 2960 (#987)
• Improved error handling in pfdhcplistener (#1150)
• Fixed problems with configurator.pl generating erroneous configuration (#1148)
• installer.pl now warns on empty MySQL root password (#1146)
• Fixed node view database queries that were reporting wrong values ​​under unknown circumstances (#1162)
• Removed some unnecessary warnings (#1065)

…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.