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Stop wasting time - The Web Security Appliance that blocks unproductive web surfing, controls IM and P2P usage and filters malware.
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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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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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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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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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Up2date 7.402 Launched
April 23, 2009
Hello! Astaro has released Up2Date 7.402, which is a stability release. This update adds support for newer Intel ethernet driver versions, adds to the amount of multipath rules that can be created, and optimizes some database tasks further. In addition, this release fixes some bugs and increases ACC integration/performance.
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AxG V7.401 Released
March 19, 2009
With AxG V7.400 now populated to our user-base, we have a follow up Up2Date which addresses a few issues that did not make the GA version in time. This is a pure bugfix/stability release which strengthens the quality of your Astaro installation.
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7.400 Up2Date Re-Released
March 12, 2009
The official GA Up2Date Package for 7.400 has now been made available. We'd like to thank you for your patience as we ensured the quality of the Up2Date experience for all our customers. We know many of you are eagerly waiting for the new features in this version! Read on for the relevant details.
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Announcing 7.400 General Availability Release!
February 26, 2009
After a hugely successful BETA program spanning several months and including thousands of comments and feedback, Astaro is proud to today release our Version 7.400, making it Generally Available for all Astaro Security, Mail, and Web Gateway Products. This release brings new features which will enhance the functionality and capabilities of your AxG installation. Most notably are the introduction of full WAN Link Balancing, HTTPS Filtering, Site-to-Site SSL VPN, and Cisco IPSec Client Support, along with dozens of other exciting new features.
*A special thanks to our many BETA testers for your feedback! It allows us to deliver you the best possible product. We will shortly announce the winners and resulting BETA program giveways.
For the details of this release, along with links to download and documentation, please read further...
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Up2Date 7.306 Released: Appliance Ram Upgrades Available
February 2, 2009
Greetings! Astaro has released Up2Date Package 7.306 this morning, which is now being published to our Up2Date servers for distribution. This Up2Date is for a single purpose, which is designed to inform our Astaro Security Gateway appliance users about the upcoming 7.400 release and allow them to prepare by taking advantage of some new offerings for certain appliance models. Read on for the full story.
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Up2Date 7.305 Released
November 13, 2008
We have just started the release of Up2Date 7.305. This Up2Date is a stability/fix release which strengthens the reliability of the database system in AxG installations, adjusts the housekeeping tasks of the logging system, and provides a security fix. Note that this Up2Date requires a reboot once completed.
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Up2Date 7.304 Released
October 23, 2008
Astaro has just now released Up2Date V7.304, which is designed to enhance the stability of the HTTP proxy and address a few issues with Authentication. This Up2Date does not require a reboot of the system, and is for all Astaro Gateway installations.
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Up2Date 7.303 Released
October 17, 2008
Up2Date 7.303 is now available for download and installation. This is a stability release to further solidify your AxG installlation, and includes some tweaks to Email Encryption and ACC 1.9 Support.
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Up2Date 7.302 Released
September 18, 2008
Up2Date 7.302 is now available for download and installation. This Up2Date introduces a new Web Content Filter engine for faster and more accurate classifications. The new system offers 97 categories that have been fully integrated into WebAdmin and the previous categories have been imported.
To take full advantage of the new abilities of this Up2Date, administrators should review their Web Security categories after installation is complete.
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Up2Date 7.301 Released
September 4, 2008
Up2Date 7.301 is available now for all AxG platforms. This release offers various tweaks, tuning, and fixes for the recently launched 7.300 Up2date, and streamlines the migration operations during the Up2Date process. Also added is further support for the upcoming Astaro Command Center 1.9 release.
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Up2Date ASG V7.300 GA Release
August 21, 2008
I am pleased to announce the availability of the 7.300 Up2date by Astaro. After a successful beta period of over 4 weeks with ~650 feedback postings and community suggestions, this Up2date is now ready for download and installation. The new Up2date is for all Astaro Security & Web Gateways, along with Software and Virtual installations.
(Note: We will use the term "AxG" when referring to the entire family of Astaro Gateway Products)
This new release focuses on the three main areas of Mail Security, Authentication, and the UserPortal in addition to several dozen new features across other minor areas.
Also included in 7.300 is a completely redesigned database engine and framework, leading to massive performance improvements for message handling, greatly optimized reporting, and more.
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Public ASG V7.300 BETA released
July 3, 2008
New Astaro Security Gateway V7.300 BETA improves Mail Security and Management functionality
Astaro invites you to participate in the ASG V7.300 Beta Test Program. The new release features a broad set of new and improved Mail Security functions, redesigned End-User and Mail Manager portals, enhanced authentication management and reporting functions, performance improvements for reporting and logging as well as bugfixes.
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Astaro Web Gateway V7 GA released
June 16, 2008
we are glad to announce that Astaro Web Gateway V7 is finally ready and available now.
The new Web Security product is available as hardware and virtual appliance. The Virtual appliance is now available for download.
Astaro Web Gateway provides complete protection and control over data transferred over the web. The All-In-One web security appliance features Malware Detection, Application Control, URL Filtering and Bandwidth Management, fully integrated and manageable through a single and intuitive browser-based user interface.
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