14 DAY TRIAL // The development of the CentOS-based, server-oriented NethServer 7 operating system continues, and today, October 19, 2016, Alessio Fattorini informed Softpedia about the availability of the first Release Candidate (RC) version.
The Beta stage is now over, and NethServer 7 RC1 is here approximately five weeks after the release of the second Beta milestone, bringing a large number of goodies that fans of the server-oriented Linux-based operating system might enjoy. Among the hottest new things implemented since Beta 2, we can mention Deep Packet Inspection for the new firewall, and replacement of Snort with Suricata as default IPS.
"It’s only been a short month since we released Beta2 and we’re happy to say that it has already passed 4,000 direct downloads from around 100 different countries," says Alessio Fattorini, Community Manager and Lead Developer. "Today, I’m excited to announce that NethServer 7 RC1 “Saltimbocca” has been released and is publicly available. The RC1 release of NethServer 7 will bring numerous goodies."
New time conditions on firewall rules, better full-text search for IMAP
Other noteworthy features introduced by the first Release Candidate of the upcoming NethServer 7 operating system, which will borrow a lot of core components from upstream (CentOS 7), are the implementation of new time conditions to firewall rules, better full-text search for the IMAP server, and two new interfaces, one for restoring data from old backups and the other one for traffic shaping.
There's also enablement of Shared Mailboxes by default, the addition of a collected memory plugin, clear-test password implementation, passive FTP connection with virtualhost, XMPP over bosh, better account management for Samba Active Directory, and support for creating empty groups, which was broken in previous releases. Download NethServer 7 RC1 right now via our website.
