[Packetfence-users] ANN: PacketFence ZEN 2.0.0

[Ludovic M. <lma...@in...>]

PacketFence Zero Effort NAC (ZEN) consists of a fully installed and 
preconfigured version of PacketFence 2.0.0 inside a VMWare image. The 
ZEN edition of PacketFence allows you to rapidly get PacketFence running 
in your network environment.

=== What is PacketFence ? ===

PacketFence is an open-source network access control (NAC) system which 
provides an impressive list of supported features. Among them, there are :

    * Registration using a captive portal
    * Detection of abnormal network activities using Snort
    * Proactive vulnerability scans using Nessus
    * Isolation of problematic devices
    * Remediation through a captive portal
    * 802.1X for wired and wireless networks
    * Wireless integration for all provided features
    * DHCP fingerprinting and more!

A set of screenshots demonstrating PacketFence is available from 
http://www.packetfence.org/tour/screenshots.html and a set of videos is 
available from http://www.packetfence.org/tour/videos.html


=== Changes Since Previous Release ===

PacketFence ZEN 2.0.0 is a major release bringing new features, new 
hardware support, several enhancements, improvements to documentation 
and a load of small fixes. It includes:

  * Improvements from the upstream PacketFence 2.0.0 release
  * The deployment procedure for VMWare ESX and Workstation/Fusion has 
been simplified
  * Updated the base operating system to 64-bit with all available 
security updates


For the complete list of changes in PacketFence 2.0.0 see 
http://www.packetfence.org/en/news/2010/article/packetfence-200-released.html


=== Getting PacketFence ===

PacketFence ZEN is free software and is distributed under the GNU GPL. 
As such, you are free to download and try it by either getting the new 
release from :

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

or by getting the sources from the official monotone server using the 
instructions at :

http://www.packetfence.org/development/source_code_repository.html

Documentation about the installation and configuration of PacketFence is 
available from :

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


=== How Can I Help ? ===

PacketFence is a collaborative effort in order to create the best Free 
and Open Source NAC solution. There are multiple ways you can contribute 
to the project :

  * Documentation reviews, enhancements and translations
  * Feature requests or by sharing your ideas
  * Participate in the discussion on mailing lists 
(http://www.packetfence.org/support/community.html)
  * Patches for bugs or enhancements
  * Provide new translations of remediation pages


=== Getting Support ===

For any questions, do not hesitate to contact us by writing to 
su...@in...

You can also fill our online form 
(http://www.inverse.ca/about/contact.html) and a representative from 
Inverse will contact you.

Inverse offers professional services to organizations willing to secure 
their wired and wireless networks with the PacketFence solution.

-- 
Ludovic Marcotte
lma...@in...  ::  +1.514.755.3630  ::  www.inverse.ca
Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (www.sogo.nu) and PacketFence (www.packetfence.org)