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Astaro Secure Client V9.2 released
December 17, 2009
This new release adds Windows 7 support, 64 bit optimization, support of new Intel Wi-Fi drivers, Tip of the day and many additional minor enhancements.
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Up2Date 7.502 Released
December 14, 2009
Up2Date V7.502 has been made available to solidify your Astaro installation. It is currently being distributed via our Up2Date system, and contains some new fixes and improvements. Continue reading for all the details.
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Astaro Command Center 2.1 GA Released
December 3, 2009
Completing the release of the Astaro Command Center 2.1, today we have released the GA/Final version. It is available as an Up2Date for existing installations, a full set of ISO images for installing on your own hardware or ACC appliances, and we have Virtual images as for VMware ESX/i and VMware Player.
Release Notes and a new 2.1 Demo server are also available.
Read on for the links and additional notes.
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ACC 2.1 Licensing
November 30, 2009
With the official GA Version 2.1 of the Astaro Command Center, we will be adjusting the licensing process for the product.
Astaro Command Center will remain a free product, however users will now be able generate and use a personalized key for their ACC installation. This is in contrast to the common key which was shared by all users in the past. The existing "free" ACC license key will expire at the end of 2009, and we will take this opportunity to provide both new and existing users with their own key.
To obtain your new ACC license key, please visit this page and fill out the registration form, at which point an activation key will be sent to you for use in the myastaro.com portal.
Note that every installation of the Astaro Command Center comes fully licensed for 30 days by default. The existing common key used in the past (which was obtained from our web site) will be shortly removed and replaced with a link to this posting.
Enjoy Astaro Command Center 2.1!
Astaro Command Center 2.1 Released
November 27, 2009
Astaro has today made available the soft-release of the next Astaro Command Center (ACC) version - our tool for centrally managing Astaro devices. Whether you have two or two-hundred+ installations, ACC gives you a central point for monitoring, configuring, and reporting. Today's release will allow anyone at Beta Version 2.070 or Stable Version 2.000 to Up2Date to ACC 2.1 via manual FTP download. Beta Testers will also be able to Up2Date normally via the ACC WebAdmin, as if you are running the Beta the 2.100 Up2Date will be pushed to you.
Release Schedule At the end of next week, we will have a full release of ACC 2.1 via an Up2Date push to installed locations, along with full installation ISO's images and VMware images for download.
This is one of our most exciting releases yet, and Astaro Command Center remains free of charge as a software or virtual appliance, and running on various official Astaro appliances for a nominal hardware fee. Read on for the full details!
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Astaro Command Center 2.1 BETA Release Candidate
November 19, 2009
As we move towards a GA version of our new Astaro Command Center 2.1, today we have released a Release Candidate which is very close to the final version, currently slated for release in mid-December if the development and testing schedule continues on course.
For this release, numbered ACC Beta 2.070, we have both an Up2Date for existing V2.060 installations and a full 2.070 ISO image.
For our users of ACC who did not want to re-install in order to use the new ACC 2.1 BETA features like aggregated device reporting, new central objects support, and improved role management, we also have an Up2Date package for moving from our production ACC V2 to BETA V2.070.
Read on for details and download links!
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Astaro Mail Archiving Service Open BETA Launched
November 2, 2009
I am pleased to annoucne that the BETA for the first release of our new Astaro Mail Archiving Service is now available.
Participation in the open BETA program is free for all interested end customers and partners. As a thank you for your active participation we will provide active participants with a free 6 months subscription to the archiving service!
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AxG 7.501 Up2Date Released
October 27, 2009
Following our successful launch of 7.500, there is now Up2Date 7.501 released which addresses a few bugs and adds some backend adjustments for compatibility with the new Astaro Command Center 2.1, which is currently in open Beta testing. You can read on for the specifics of this minor Up2Date.
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Astaro Command Center 2.1 BETA Begins
October 20, 2009
The Astaro Command Center V2 has proven to be a great tool for management of multiple Astaro devices. We have been hard at work adding more features and tools into it for you. Today we are unveiling the chance for you to download and test ACC V2.1 BETA, which adds the ability to centrally define and use objects like Network and Service definitions, improvements in multi-user/multi-device operations, and a totally new aggregated reporting ability which collects and displays reports from single or multiple installations.
Perhaps quite importantly, ACC is currently a FREE offering from Astaro, and doesn't cost anything to use, even in a commercial environment. So if you haven't yet seen the Astaro Command Center, don't miss out any longer.
Read on for how you can help test, and win some Amazon reward money for your efforts!
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7.500 HA Notice
October 9, 2009
A small issue is present in the 7.500 release which can cause some installations which are using active/passive HA to behave like an active/active cluster. Customers with active/passive HA configurations shouldn't update until 7.501 is released next week. However, if you have already updated to 7.500 and now experience some surfing issues or erratic behavior with your active/passive HA system, please contact support and they will be happy to apply a small workaround for you, or read on for the fix if you would like to apply it yourself via the command line until 7.501 is officially released.
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AxG V7.5 Release Completed
October 6, 2009
Completing our launch process of Version 7.5, we have released the V7.500 Up2Date to our existing installation base. Users will now be able to update to V7.5 from their existing installations. Two packages have been released, one for the 7.405 users, and another for those still at the last Beta of 7.490.
Accompanying this release are updated Virtual Appliance images for VMware ESX3+ and VMware Player/Workstation/Server. These are found on our FTP Site in the Virtual Appliance directory for the desired product.
As a small roadmap announcement, we are working on totally new VMware images that are designed for use with the new VMware vSphere architecture.
Enjoy 7.5!
AxG 7.5 ISO Images Available
September 29, 2009
Continuing with our V7.5 release schedule, we have released the ISO images of V7.5 for all Astaro Gateway products. Next week on October 5th, we will distribute V7.5 as an Up2Date to all installations via our Content Distribution Network.
Also released are the SSI Images for the Astaro Smart Installer, a special USB drive which fully emulates the hardware of a USB CD-ROM in a portable form factor at full USB 2 speeds. If you frequently prepare your own hardware or image Astaro appliances, these are very handy to have! Note that you cannot use ASI Images to burn items to an everyday USB drive, you need an actual ASI for this. Read on for the ISO details.
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Astaro Gateway 7.500 Released
September 18, 2009
We are proud to announce that the General Availability (GA) of 7.500 has been soft-released. 7.500 includes great new features and functions, many of which were requested by our customers. To name just a few, there is a new Intrusion Protection Engine, Real-Time Bandwidth Monitoring, a transparent HTTP proxy mode with captive authentication portal, and the ability to import and export various lists. This release is for all Astaro Gateway Products.
Due to the size and significance of this release, we are rolling it out in phases. Immediately, there are Up2Date packages which will upgrade existing 7.405 and 7.490 installations. Next week, we will release ISO images for all Astaro appliances, and on October 1st, there will be a push of the 7.500 package via our content distribution network to all customers.
For the details about our 7.500 release, please read on...
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ASG Beta 7.490 Released
September 3, 2009
We have released 7.490 for our Beta testers. This can be considered the 7.500 Release Candidate which will be finalized as the GA in the future. As we move closer to our GA Version, we've taken the time to apply more fixes to the release and prepare it for general use. This release also fixes some bugs with SSL VPN. We very much appreciate your continued feedback in our ASG Beta Forum. Details are below.
It is not too late to join the Beta and qualify for special, extended home-use licenses and some Amazon Gift cards! See our V7.500 Beta contest announcement for details and download links for ISO's and Up2Dates.
Happy testing!
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Up2Date 6.315 Released: ASG Version 6 End-of-Life Reminder
August 27, 2009
As announced last year, on Oct 1st, 2009,Version 6 of Astaro Security Gateway will be end-of-life. At this time, no further Up2Date packages for firmware or patterns will be distributed.
For the few remaining customers that are still using Version 6, we have released Up2Date Version 6.315 which fixes a recently announced vulnerability in BIND, and also make some changes to streamline the Upgrade options for you. Read on for the details.
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ASG Beta Release #4 - Version 7.480
August 12, 2009
Hello! For those who are participating in our 7.500 Beta, we have just released the fourth iteration of the release, which is numbered 7.480. We will now being merging the code and start making it final, and you can expect a Release Candidate probably next week, barring any unexpected developments. From there, 7.500 will be made Generally Available shortly thereafter.
This release of the Beta can now be installed as a manually-added Up2Date package from our stable 7.405 version, so those who are eager to get using all the new things do not need to re-install and import a backup to use this release.
Licensing of Beta: If you are currently using the Beta and are at or past the trial period offered by an earlier Beta license, please use this key for ASG Hardware Appliances or if you are using your own hardware platform then use this key. If you have any licensing questions or problems while testing for us, please let us know on the forums!
Read on for links, details, and other awesomeness...
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Up2Date 7.405 Released
August 11, 2009
Greetings,
In order to apply some essential security patches, we are releasing Up2Date 7.405 now. This Up2Date is purely a security update, with no other changes. It will spread within minutes to your appliance via our content distribution network. The details of 7.405 continue below.
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ASG Beta Release Version 7.470
July 9, 2009
Our Beta community will be excited to hear that we have just made available the third package in our 7.500 release testing. This Up2Date draws heavily on the feedback from our Beta Testing Forum. We've made improvements to features, cleaned up a lot of areas to make them more production-ready, and advanced the quality and speed of of the entire release.
Due to the way our Beta infrastructure is organized and separated from the production/GA release network, this Up2Date package may take a while for your ASG to acquire fully. Any download slowness or delays in the package propagating to your Beta-test are due to this reason only, and when the GA version launches it will use the full power of our content distribution network. You can read on for the full details of this Beta Up2date!
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Up2Date 7.404 Released
July 8, 2009
Astaro has made available Up2Date 7.404 via our global content distribution system. Your Astaro Gateway Products should shortly be downloading and preparing it for install. This is an incremental release designed to strengthen the security and stability of your product. For the full details, read on!
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As Slowloris HTTP DoS Rises, Astaro is Ready
June 26, 2009
Recently the Slowloris Denial of Service attack has jumped in popularity. This attack is similar to SYN flood, but uses HTTP instead, basically consuming sockets on the Web Server vs. trying to saturate all the bandwidth. This is an interesting attack, particularly because it does not require a lot of bandwidth by the attacker. Indeed it is possible to DoS even large sites simply using a common residential Internet connection, and using Slowloris to eat-up the Web Server's ability to respond to other HTTP requests, by sending partial ones itself and thus holding the sockets open. You can read more about this DoS technique here.
While the approach is not new, the working implementation of it "for the masses" is starting to appear more commonly.
As we have already received dozens of queries about how to stop this attack, we'd like to inform you that Astaro installations with current/updated Intrusion Protection Patterns will be protected against this, so neither admins or their Web Servers need to fear. The ID for this new rule is #1000023, and is located in the HTTP Servers Group under the Apache category. If your ASG installation is showing pattern revision 9857 or better, you are protected.
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