[Packetfence-devel] PacketFence 1.9.0rc1

[Olivier B. <obi...@in...>]

Hi fellow PacketFence users,

Updated snapshot of the upcoming 1.9.0 release were made available on 
our website moments ago.

http://www.packetfence.org/download/snapshots.html

Fresh from Holland, this release incorporates major new features since 
last snapshot and a massive quantity of enhancements and bugfixes since 
1.8.7. Because of this, consider 1.8.7 the last release of the 1.8.x 
branch except for important security fixes. There will be no 1.8.8.

On another note, we have some important work already committed in trunk 
that will shape what will most likely become 1.10.0 including a lot of 
work on integration between 802.1x wired, wireless and our SNMP modules 
to provide uniform functionality. Stay tuned!

But for the meantime, back to the snapshot, here is a summary of the 
changes since 1.8.8-0.20100406:

New Hardware Support
- Port security and Voice over IP support for Foundry FastIron 4802 
(feature sponsored by an entity who prefered to remain anonymous)

New features
- Node category support, you can assign different VLANs or whitelist 
violations based on a node's category (#968)
- Added support for Floating Network Devices (See Admin Guide for details)

Enhancements
- More information available in Node Lookup (IP, DHCP lease)
- pfsetvlan is more resistant to configuration mistakes and reports them 
(#766)
- Net-SNMP 5.4 support (#940 Thanks to Maikel)
- Even more work on error-reporting (#847, #964, #993)
- New helper synchronization scripts in addons/high-availability
- Even more little improvements (#866, #916, #952)

Documentation improvements
- Added directions to configure PacketFence in a routed environment to 
the admin guide
- More MySQL tips (#951)

Bug fixes
- Even more captive portal stability fixes (#961)
- Fixed RPM spec to create package packetfence-remote-snort-sensor again 
(#888)
- Fixed problems with DHCP Fingerprint submission
- Fixed call to non-existing script lookup_node.pl in pfdhcplistener (#858)
- Correct VLAN information shown in Node Lookup (#893)
- Minor corrections to the Admin Web UI
- Clarified some error messages
- Misc. stability and general fixes (#833, #885, #868, #869, #896, #923, 
#927, #946, #950)

For the curious, a complete list of changes since latest stable release 
will be provided at the end of this email.

If you are upgrading, always remember to check the UPGRADE file provided 
by the RPM or in the source tarball.

Let us know if you experience any problems.

By the way, we now have a development yum repository if you want to 
track development releases more easily. Instructions on setting it up 
are provided in the snapshot page.

Thanks for listening,
Have a great day!

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Version 1.9.0rc1 - released on 2010-06-01

New
- Official Linux 64 bit support

New Hardware Support
- Cisco Wireless Services Module (WiSM)
- Cisco Integrated Services Routers (ISR) 1800 Series
- Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series
- Port security and Voice over IP support for Foundry FastIron 4802

New Features
- Node category support, you can assign different VLANs or whitelist 
violations based on a node's category (#968)
- Added support for Floating Network Devices (See Admin Guide for details)

Enhancements
- Improved error reporting in the web administration panel and cli 
(#847, #898, #899, #964, #993)
- More information available in Node Lookup (IP, DHCP lease)
- Improved database layer (more robust and logs errors)
- pfsetvlan is more resistant to configuration mistakes and reports them 
(#766)
- Net-SNMP 5.4 support (#940 Thanks to Maikel)
- @ character now allowed in person id (pid). This is very common in 
Active Directory environment.
- New admin authentication mechanism added (disabled by default)
- New debugging features (disabled by default)
- New DHCP fingerprints
- Optional backup script in addons/ now archives old records
- New helper synchronization scripts in addons/high-availability
- Little improvements (#866, #911, #916, #952)

Documentation improvements
- Install guide more accurate
- Added directions to configure PacketFence in a routed environment to 
the admin guide
- More MySQL tips (#951)

Bug fixes
- Performance fixes (#908, #910)
- Captive portal stability fixes (#892, #961)
- Mitigated Net::Telnet problems with perl threads (#903, #907)
- Proper violation description shown in violation edit (#922)
- Fixed RPM spec to create package packetfence-remote-snort-sensor again 
(#888)
- Fixed PacketFence RPM upgrade bug if your version is lower than 1.8.5 
(#931)
- Fixed rare port-security problems with stacked switches or switches 
with large ifIndex (#921)
- Fixed problems with DHCP Fingerprint submission
- Fixed call to non-existing script lookup_node.pl in pfdhcplistener (#858)
- Correct VLAN information shown in Node Lookup (#893)
- Minor corrections to the Admin Web UI
- Clarified some error messages
- Misc. stability and general fixes (#833, #885, #868, #869, #896, #923, 
#927, #946, #950)

-- 
Olivier Bilodeau
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