IPCop 1.4.18 Released: Stop to Bad Packets!

IPCop 1.4.18 was released today. This edition has been split in two parts, in order to accommodate free space limitation related to the great number of new package additions, since the recent releases.

You can select one of the two "kernel types" installed (monoprocessor or smp kernel) so that you can satisfy your disk space needs. After the user installs 1.4.17, he/she must refresh the update page. If a red section appears on disk usage, the user has to select a "kernel type". This action will free space on /dev/boot and /boot partitions. The warning will appear, if you have less than 20MB free space on /dev/root and 1 MB on /boot. From 1.4.18 the /boot partition size is increased from 8 to 10 MB.

Most of the work made on 1.4.17 / 1.4.18 are bugfixes and update interface changes. Here is a brief summary of them:

Upgrades:

• apache-1.3.39 CVE-2007-3304
• e1000 to 7.6.12
• eciadsl-0.12
• ethtool-6
• dhcp to 3.0.6
• libpcap to 0.9.7
• tcpdump to 3.9.7 CVE-2007-3798
• ntp to 4.2.4p4
• openssh to 4.6p1
• openssl to 0.9.7m CVE2007-5135
• pcre-7.4 CVE-2007-16{59,60,61,62}, CVE-2007-47{66,67,68}
• r1000 to 1.07 (support RTL8168CP)
• squid-2.6.STABLE17 (fix access to some http server)
• tzdata2007i (updated timezone)
• wanpipe to 2.3.4-3

Added new drivers:

• 3w-9xxx scsi driver for 95xx chip
• bnx2 v1.5.10c (Broadcom NetXtreme II)
• (patched) usbserial kernel module for 3G modems

Installer:

• Now, on http/ftp install using 'probe' button, and it allows to skip the NIC found and probe again. This is important, as this NIC will be green/eth0 and code actually does not allow to reaffect the green card.

Various:

• added a script that properly allows replacing NIC drivers live, without rebooting : setting network down, reloading drivers and setting network up.
• added a script that allows to restart apache from the GUI, without a blank page

These are only a few of the numerous updates, bugfixes and new additions, included in the latest version of IPCop, a Linux distribution that can really stop the bad packets!

You can download IPCop Firewall 1.4.18 right now from Softpedia!