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We've got an important new release for Endian Community that we are excited to share! Our new image for Endian Community 3.3.25 will now support both UEFI and legacy boot options.

The support for UEFI means expanded support for modern hardware platforms and greatly increased disk compatibility and size limitations. In addition, you can achieve much faster boot speeds among many other benefits.... read more

Endian Community Releases New Version 3.3.15

The Endian Team is proud to announce the new Endian Firewall Community release

Hi again Endian Community fans, we've got a new release to share with everyone! If you were previously registered and doing regular updates (which you definitely should), then this is just an incremental release. If you are new to Endian or running an old version, feel free to grab the new image (ISO) file and install it to get the latest and greatest version.... read more

Endian Community Releases New Version 3.3.2

The Endian Team is proud to announce the new Endian Firewall Community release
Hi to all our Endian Community fans and we've got some great news to share! First we're releasing a huge set of updates that has a ton of bug fixes and minor feature improvements. In addition, we're releasing a new ISO for those who want a new install with all the latest and greatest packages.Last, we're switching our development cycle to use rolling releases which means you guys should be hearing (and receiving "update goodies") a whole lot more from us on a much more regular and frequent basis ;-)... read more

Endian Firewall Community 3.3.0 now available!

The Endian Team is excited to announce the new new release for our lovely community. 3.3 is out!

The latest release brings to our popoular open source firewall many features: together with a new kernel that boosts performances and security, EFW Community 3.3 comes with an improved certificate management and Let's Encrypt integration. You also get the possibility to remove kernel modules bundled within the system.... read more

Endian Firewall Community 3.2.5 now available!

The Endian Team is proud to announce an updated image for the 3.2 release.

Check out the new release today by downloading the latest iso image.
If you already have an installed community with at least a 3.2.0beta1 version you could just register and run the updates.

Get FREE updates for your Community! The registration procedure is much easier now: follow the initial wizard and just with an e-mail address you can keep the system updated.
Don’t forget to give us a feedback or report the bugs to JIRA.... read more

Endian Firewall Community 3.2.4 now available!

The Endian Team is proud to announce an updated image for the 3.2 release.

Check out the new release today by downloading the latest iso image.
If you already have an installed community with at least a 3.2.0beta1 version you could just register and run the updates.

Get FREE updates for your Community! The registration procedure is much easier now: follow the initial wizard and just with an e-mail address you can keep the system updated.
Don’t forget to give us a feedback or report the bugs to JIRA.... read more

3..2..1.. Endian Firewall Community 3.2 is now stable!

The Endian Team is proud to announce the
Endian Firewall Community 3.2.1 "countdown" release :)

Check out the new release today by downloading the iso image.
If you have a 3.2.0beta1 you can just register and run the updates. (upgrade from 2.5 or 3.0 is not supported)

Get FREE updates for your Community!
The registration procedure is much easier now: follow the initial wizard and just with an e-mail address you can keep the system updated.
Don’t forget to give us a feedback or report the bugs to JIRA.... read more

Hello everyone again,
the technology preview continues with the first beta version!

After two months of development and thanks to your feedback on JIRA we're proud to announce:

Endian Firewall Community 3.2.0 beta1 (codename tocyo)

What's new?

First of all we will release, together with this version, the packages updates.
It means that you can install the beta now and run updates to reach the stable version, passing through all the other beta/rc stages of course.
To get the updates you just have to register your email here:
http://www.endian.com/community/register/
and then, in the command line, run efw-upgrade.... read more

Hello everyone,
we're proud to announce a technology preview for the next Endian
Firewall release:

Endian Firewall Community 3.2.0 alpha1 (codename tocyo)

What does "technology preview" mean?
We're giving you the opportunity to play with the bleeding edge
technologies we're working on.

What the hell are those "technologies"?
Something that you always wanted!... read more

Endian Firewall Community 3.0.5 BETA1 has been released and is now available for download. This new minor release contains many improvements and closes more than 350 issues.

The most prominent improvements in this new release are:

• "Network types" have been added to the network wizard and uplink editor to be able to distinguish between firewall setups in different network topologies.
• Support for transparent implementations through a new bridge mode has been added.
• With the new TPROXY support in the HTTP proxy it is now possible to create firewall rules, routing policies and other rules based on the source IP address even if the proxy is being used.
• The complete rewrite of the event management engine results in better performance when analyzing log files and sending notifications.
• The anti-virus engine has been updated.
• Many security vulnerabilities have been fixed.
• Hardware support has been improved.

Hey folks, hot news from Endian!
Finally the Endian Firewall Community 3.0 has reached its final stage.
Enjoy the last improvements as soon as they are available and download the Endian Firewall Community 3.0 Bleeding Edge version.

Discover the highlights of the new release: http://www.endian.com/en/community/efw-30/

Hey folks,
take a look at the Endian Firewall Community 3.0 BETA 2! The new release includes new features relevant to Email Security, OpenVPN, Logging and Reporting module and a number of improvements as well.

For the complete release notes: http://www.endian.com/en/community/efw-30-beta

Endian firewall: 1.330.839 downloads and counting -  Be part of our growing community!

Hey folks, Endian is back again!
Do you want to be part of this community?
Endian calls for the best and brightest users to enhance its community and make Endian Firewall  improving and spreading all over the world. Together we can do more and better!

So join the crew, and become part of our extended team.
How? Download the latest, Endian Firewall Community 3.0 Beta version and start making your own tests. (Want to glance at the brand-new features, first?) 

…And once I made them? How to share my findings?
And here’s the next news of the day. You can easily report the outcome of your trials on Jira, our new bug tracker, finally open to the community!

If you did report some bugs relevant to the previous release on Mantis, don’t panic! It will remain open in read-only mode to everyone, including our developers and QA team.

For those who prefer a stable and tested version, the Endian team reminds that Endian Firewall Community 2.5.2 release dates back to just a few weeks ago.

For upgrades  from the Development Channel (bleeding edge): please note that after the upgrade you may need to re - configure some modules.

After a long time, we are ready to announce the Endian Firewall Community 2.5.2 release.
Although this release is mainly a bug fixing one, a list of the main changes and updates is to follow:

• Antivirus
  ClamAV has been updated to the most recent version to make sure signature
  updates will continue to work.
• Anti-spyware
  Lists are now being provided by PhishTank instead of Malware Domains. This
  not only results in more sites being recognized correctly but also allows us to
  show an information page with a link to PhishTank's description of the malicious
  website instead of displaying an empty page.
• Hardware support
  Support for various hardware devices has been added. This support for USB modems
  as well as drivers for network interface cards and hard disk controllers.

Once the download is completed, please register to the community: http://www.endian.com/en/community/efw-updates/
In a minute you will receive an email including a step by step procedure to update the software. Do not cancel this communication, as it will be useful anytime we got a new release.
The 2.5.1 version users should follow the instructions received at the registration time via email to update the software. If you’re using an older version than 2.5.1, try to get the update following the aforementioned instructions. In case of failure, please download the new version and re – install the system.

Endian Firewall 2.5.1 has been released and is now ready for download. The 2.5 series contains lots of fixes and the following new features:

• Connectivity - Support for most modern UMTS/3G USB dongles
  By adding new drivers Endian Firewall 2.5 now supports most modern UMTS/3G dongles. Once plugged in the appear as serial devices and can be configured by choosing Analog/UMTS modem as uplink type. You will find the newly created serial devices in the Serial/USB Port dropdown.... read more

Endian Firewall Community version 2.5 is now available! This release introduces new features and lots of bugfixes that make EFW 2.5 a significant improvement in the development of the Endian product family.

Community 2.5 release notes:

• New process management
  The whole process management in the background of the system has been rewritten. With the new Endian Jobsengine the boot procedure now takes only half as long as before.... read more

After upgrades for Endian Firewall Community to version 2.4.1 have been released last week Endian is proud to announce the now available ISO download.
This release introduces the following new features:

General:
- Japanese is now a fully supported language
- SHA1 is now used instead of MD5 as default hash algorithm wherepossible (#1796)
- A web console has been added
- The system console has been replaced by efw-shell... read more

Endian is proud to release the new version of EFW that introduces several new features such as easier procedures to switch to the Enterprise edition and to migrate older versions to EFW 2.4, a new kernel, improved IPsec, and a new GUI for the destination NAT/Port Forwarding module. In addition, Endian Engineers worked hard on bugfixes, making EFW 2.4 a significant improvement in the development of the Endian product family.... read more

Endian is proud to release Endian Firewall Community version 2.3

This release includes many features that were previously available only
to users of the Enterprise release, as well as some completely new
features. These features are: Scheduled Backups, Backups to USB sticks,
real-time Dashboard, Email Notifications, HTTP Proxy time-based ACLs and
User/Group-based Content Filtering, Intrusion Prevention System,
extended DNAT, Bandwidth Management, support for SNMP, VLAN, and Policy
Routing.... read more

Endian is proud to release the final version of Endian Firewall Community 2.2. While this new release includes mostly bugfixes and software updates, it also contains one major new feature.

It is the first release of Endian Firewall Community that can be updated by running one simple command once new packages have been released.

To be able to do this it is necessary to create an account at
http://www.endian.org/register... read more

The Endian Team is glad to announce the latest release candidate of Endian Firewall Community: RC3 contains many bug fixes since the previous release candidate.

Endian Firewall Community is an all-in-one Linux security
distribution that turns every system into a full featured security appliance. Designed with usability in mind, Endian developed a solution that is extremely flexible, easy to install and manage. The Community version has been warmly embraced by the open source community and has so far enjoyed over 330000 downloads with thousands of installations
worldwide.... read more

The Endian Team is glad to announce the latest release candidate of Endian Firewall Community: RC2 contains many bug fixes since the previous release candidate.

Endian Firewall Community is an all-in-one Linux security
distribution that turns every system into a full featured security appliance. Designed with usability in mind, Endian developed a solution that is extremely flexible, easy to install and manage. The Community version has been warmly embraced by the open source community and has so far enjoyed over 290000 downloads with thousands of installations
worldwide.... read more

The Endian Team is glad to announce a new beta release of the Endian
Firewall Community, with many bugfixes and enhancements.

Endian Firewall Community is an all-in-one Linux security distribution
that turns every system into a full featured security appliance. Designed
with “usability in mind”, Endian developed a solution that is extremely
flexible, easy to install and manage. The Community version has been
warmly embraced by the open source community and has so far enjoyed
over 250000 downloads with thousands of installations worldwide.

This is a bugfix release, for full Changelog see http://bugs.endian.it/changelog_page.php

Happy Testing! :)

The Endian Team is glad to announce a new beta release of the Endian
Firewall Community, with many bugfixes and enhancements.

Endian Firewall Community is an all-in-one Linux security distribution
that turns every system into a full featured security appliance. Designed
with “usability in mind”, Endian developed a solution that is extremely
flexible, easy to install and manage. The Community version has been
warmly embraced by the open source community and has so far enjoyed
over 250000 downloads with thousands of installations worldwide.... read more

The Endian Team is glad to announce a new beta release of the Endian Firewall Community, with many bugfixes and enhancements.

Endian Firewall Community is an all-in-one Linux security distribution that turns every system into a full featured security appliance.
Designed with “usability in mind”, Endian developed a solution that is extremely
flexible, easy to install and manage. The Community version has been warmly embraced by the open source community and has so far enjoyed
over 200000 downloads with thousands of installations worldwide.... read more