Software update: PacketFence 9.3.0

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 has been supplied with another 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 9.3.0.

New Features

• Only have a single active locationlog entry in the locationlog

Enhancements

• Don’t try to do firewall SSO if the service is disabled
• Massively improved web admin performance

Bug Fixes

• Fix pfstats for LDAPS and StartTLS
• Allow to run any script from a security event without a modification of sudoers file
• Fix machine auth failed on eduroam virtual server
• Fix allow external RADIUS accounting from eduroam server (they use it to detect if a server is alive)
• Fix eduroam load balancing issue on local realm