Endian is proud to announce the first release candidate of our Endian
Firewall Community version 2.3. 

Please remember that this is not the final release. Therefore do not use
it in production environments unless you know what you are doing. Should
you find any bugs do not hesitate and add them to our bugtracker at
http://bugs.endian.com/ *AFTER* you have made sure that the bug has not
been reported already.

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:

** Backups
Backups can now be stored to and recovered from attached USB mass
storage devices. It is also possible to schedule automatic backups and
to send encrypted backups via email.

** Dashboard
The main page has been replaced by a dashboard with statistics about the
system and its services as well as live-graphs for incoming and outgoing
traffic.

** Email notifications
Emails can be sent automatically for predefined events.

** HTTP proxy time based access control
With the new interface it is possible to add time based access control
lists for the HTTP proxy.

** HTTP proxy with user- and group-based content filtering
The HTTP proxy now has a new and polished web interface that adds the
possibility to create group based content filters.

** Intrusion Prevention
Snort rules can now be configured. It is possible to drop packets as
well as to log intrusion attempts.

** Policy routing
Routing rules can be created based on the interface, MAC address,
protocol or port of a packet.

** Port forwarding rewrite
In version 2.3 it is possible to add port-forwards from any zone (only
from the RED zone previously). Port forwarding without NAT is now also
supported.

** Quality of Service
Traffic Shaping has been replaced by a fully configurable Quality of
Service module. QoS devices, classes and rules can be defined.

** SNMP support
Basic SNMP support has been added.

** SMTP proxy web interface rewrite
The web interface of the SMTP proxy has been rewritten with focus on
usability.

** VLAN support (IEEE 802.1Q trunking)
It is now possible to create VLANs on every interface. The VLAN
interfaces can be used to distinguish connections in the same zone.

Have also a look to the changelog on 
http://bugs.endian.it/changelog_page.php


Enjoy the release!
Your Endian team