The following new features are included:

Improved Email Filter
* Sender/domain and IP/network blacklists (SMTP only)
* Spam and malware rejection during SMTP transaction
* Email recipient verification based on Active Directory (SMTP only)
* MIME type blocking with "magic" file type lookup (SMTP only)
* Quarantine for unscannable attachments (e.g. encrypted zips, oversized content)
* Upload and/or change SMTP TLS/SSL certificate
* Upstream host/network list, with "Upstream hosts only" option
* RDNS and HELO checks (anti-spam feature)
* Multi-lingual spam digest with configurable schedule (two configurable times per day)
* DKIM (Domainkeys Identified Mail) outgoing mail signing
* Multi-lingual UserPortal with customizable welcome message
* Persistent cookie support for end user portal
* SMTP parent proxy support for spam detection engine
* Reworked Email encryption engine (with additional support of PGP key server query and clustering)

Management
* Redesigned End-User and Mail Manager portals (enhanced search, management of deferred messages and more)
* Visual SMTP log (in Admin Mail Manager)
* Redesigned SMTP Proxy Profile configuration
* Configurable SMTP Server for Notifications
* Test Authentication Settings and User Authentication
* Reworked eDirectory Browser and new Active Directory Browser
* Backend-User-Group Support for Authentication
* Directory User Prefetch for eDirectory and Active Directory
* Perfomance Improvements for Logging and Reporting (based on PostgreSQL)
* Show Reporting Graphs of HA-/Cluster-Slave Machines in WebAdmin
* Reboot/Halt HA-/Cluster-Slave Machines in WebAdmin
* Configurable Reporting

Other
* IPsec XAUTH support

Besides these new features the new release includes bugfixes and updates that increase the stability and system performance.

Known-Issues
* Online help has not been updated for new or changed features yet.

How to become a Beta Tester

Bullet proof internet security is mission critical to all our customers. A comprehensive testing procedure is required to achieve the right level of perfection for Astaro products in a productive environment. Therefore we would like to invite you to participate in our Beta Test Program. The following sections will provide all the information you need to download, install and test the ASG V7.3 Beta.

Testing Period
July 3rd - August 15th

Download
The initial beta version can only be tested through a new installation, i.e. by downloading and installing the complete ISO image. You can't upgrade your existing installation with a BETA up2date package. However, it is possible to restore a backup from an earlier version (up to 7.201).

New installation:
* Download ISO-Image for custom X86 hardware (Size 450177024 bytes, MD5Sum c83107fe6a21777c1a4af843422b86ed)
* Download ISO-Image for ASG appliances (Size 473632768 bytes, MD5Sum 83b2e6d714d380579f95c3ac36fb2a1a)

Limitations and Hints
- ASG V7.3 BETA will not be supported via Astaro's support teams, using it in production evironments is therefore discouraged.
- A ASG V7.3 manual and complete Online Help will be available with the GA release.

Test Cases
After you have successfully installed the beta version of ASG V7.3 you are able to conduct individual tests at your own discretion. If feasible we would also appreciate if you would have a closer look into the following areas and provide us with your personal feedback as described below:

* End-User portal / Admin Mail Manager
* SMTP Proxy in general
* POP3 Proxy
* FTP Proxy

Feedback
As with earlier versions please post any feedback and discuss any of the ASG V7.3 BETA features on our User Bulletin Board in the "BETA Version" forum.

Win Amazon Gift cards!
Your feedback is important. It supports our effort to meet the highest quality demands. As a result, participants in our Beta Program for ASG V7.3 will have the chance to win three Amazon Gift Cards! Please see the BETA version forum on our User Bulletin Board for details.

Your Astaro Product Management Team

News:
This is a small bugfix release

Bug Fixes:
Fix [8305]: No option to enter Controlled Networks for IM/P2P
Fix [8313]: SSL VPN not working correctly in all cases
Fix [8323]: Using predefined QoS traffic selectors for IM/P2P may cause problems
Fix [8336]: HTTP Proxy misbehavior when reloading configuration
Fix [8366]: Online Help and Manual for Astaro Web Gateway may not work after installation
Fix [8369]: Licenses can not be installed on Astaro Web Gateway Virtual Appliance
Fix [8385]: MiddleWare may stop working after factory reset

All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed!

Please check also the V7.2 Release Notes PDF.

The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Gateway to the latest version. There are two ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system:

1)
Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to Management >> Up2Date >> Overview and use Update to latest version now to install the Firmware Up2Date. Click on then Watch Up2Date Progress in new window and an extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.

2)
Download the Up2Date package from our HTTP or FTP Server and install it under Management >> Up2Date >> Advanced:
(Md5sum: d6bc88e431443fff253678a3b3d47995 - Size: 28146350 bytes)

Known Issue: Problem installing this Up2Date package?
If your system is not able to properly install 7.201 even after your tried it multiple times, you might be affected by a 7.200 issue that prevents installing up2date packages.

More information about this issue and how to easily fix it can be found in Knowledge Base Article #288713

If your system can install the 7.201 up2date package, you are not affected by this Known Issue.

Your Astaro R&D team

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.

HTTP and FTP Proxy
The Astaro Web Gateway proxy cache provides faster Web browsing experience and helps to save Internet bandwidth for other business critical applications. You can use transparent mode, standard mode, and authentication mode simultaneously on different networks with each instance using different filtering actions.

URL Filtering
Administrators can control employee web access for 60 specific content categories. A comprehensive URL database with international content offers support for more than 70 languages via sites registered in over 200 countries. The database is updated daily with newly discovered websites. A fine-grained rule administration allows not only simple user/group-specific restriction of access rights to certain websites; it also allows them to be limited to a single or recurring period.

Malware Detection
Malware filtering covers all web and FTP traffic in order to stop viruses, spyware and active content from entering your network. Hidden "phone home" communication from spyware infected PCs is detected and blocked, avoiding the leakage of confidential data.
To provide optimal protection, Astaro Web Gateway provides two built-in virus scanners operating with comprehensive, independent databases with over 300,000 patterns.
With the MIME type filter you can restrict access to HTTP objects that match a given MIME/content type. Optionally you can also turn on a "magic lookup" forcing the MIME type filter to inspect the complete HTTP body in order to verify if the specified MIME type is correct and not faked.

Granular IM/P2P Control
The Astaro Flow Classifier allows detection and classification of sophisticated protocols, which are typically hard to identify. Administrators can define exceptions from the global IM/P2P usage policy for individual IP addresses. This allows granting usage of specific IM or P2P applications to specific users/IP addresses only. By use of the flow classifier, Astaro Web Gateway can also detect Skype communication, and block it, or limit its bandwidth consumption, or just log its usage for the administrator.

Bandwidth Management
In order to reserve sufficient bandwidth for business critical applications you can define bandwidth limitations for certain IM/P2P protocols, e.g. BitTorrent. For this purpose Astaro Web Gateway offers pre-defined traffic-selectors for all IM and P2P protocols.
You can also define new generic traffic-selectors to control many different traffic types, not only based on IP addresses and ports but also on TOS and DSCP header markings.

A detailed description of the new features, changes, system requirements as well as installation and upgrade information is included within the Astaro Web Gateway V7.2 Release Notes.

The new release includes a new IM/P2P control application allowing for granular control of many IM/P2P protocols including detection and blocking of Skype. It also provides HTTP MIME type filtering, an improved L2TP VPN backend, new VMware tools, an updated IPS engine and linux kernel as well as bugfixes and other improvements.

The following new features are included:

Exceptions based on User/IP addresses
Administrators can now define exceptions from the global IM/P2P usage policy for individual IP addresses. This allows granting usage of specific IM or P2P applications to specific users only.

Improved IM/P2P protocol detection
The new Astaro Flow Classifier allows detection and classification of more sophisticated protocols, which are typically hard to identify, like QQ or Winny

Quality of Service for IM/P2P protocols
In order to reserve sufficient bandwidth for business critical applications you can now define bandwidth limitations even for certain IM/P2P protocols, e.g. BitTorrent

Skype blocking, alerting and bandwidth shaping
By use of the new flow classifier, Astaro Security Gateway can now also detect Skype communication, and block it, or limit its bandwidth consumption, or just log its usage for to the administrator.

The granular IM/P2P control capabilities replace the existing functionality available within earlier ASG V7 versions and will now be part of the optional ASG Web Filtering Subscription.

Furthermore the new release provides a HTTP MIME type filter, that can be used to restrict downloading of files that match a given MIME/content type.

Note: All existing ASG V7 installations, with a base license start date before April, 1st 2008 will remain unaffected by this licensing change, i.e. the complete IM/P2P functionality will remain included within the base license. All installations after that date require the purchase of a Web Filtering Subscription in order to benefit from the new IM/P2P functionality.

Remarks:
Existing IM/P2P configuration will be extended
System will reboot after Up2Date

News:
Improved IM/P2P protocol detection
Added Skype detection and blocking
Added QoS traffic selectors for IM/P2P protocols
Added MIME type filter to HTTP Proxy
Improved L2TP backend service
Updated VMware tools
Removed support for hardware accelerated AV/IPS scanning

Bugfixes:
Fix [6271]: SSL VPN does not start with more than 30 network definitions
Fix [6821]: Combining DNAT and policy routing may not work in all cases
Fix [6886]: Problem detecting linkbeat for HA on ASG525F
Fix [6952]: IPS not working correctly on ASG Cluster in bridge mode
Fix [7091]: L2TP packets may get lost on bridge interfaces
Fix [7555]: Problem with Site-to-Site VPN having a NAT router inbetween
Fix [7580]: IPSec error: No space left on device
Fix [7585]: Problems when SSL VPN user logs in twice
Fix [7766]: IPSec connection problems in HA/Cluster environments
Fix [7823]: Active Directoy dot-notation not working
Fix [7833]: Download of S/MIME certificate provides empty file
Fix [7892]: Cluster with four or more nodes will not update completely
Fix [7906]: Link detection on LAG interfaces does not work on Slave/Worker nodes
Fix [7920]: Problem with usernames containing spaces
Fix [7927]: OSPF not working correctly in HA/Cluster environment
Fix [7939]: Hostname for End User Portal no longer acceps IPs
Fix [7950]: Changing link speed/mode does not take effect in bridge mode
Fix [8001]: Daylight Saving Time (DST) not updating properly
Fix [8005]: Webadmin/End-User Portal hangs when backend user logs in
Fix [8035]: Estimation of log partition fillup can be negative
Fix [8070]: Web Security reporting shows largs numbers
Fix [8109]: Packetfilter may drop locally generated packets

A detailed description of the new features, changes, system requirements as well as installation and upgrade information is included within the
Astaro Security Gateway V7.2 Release Notes.

The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Gateway to the latest version.
There are two ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system:

1)
Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to Management >> Up2Date >> Overview and use Update to latest version now to install the Firmware Up2Date. Click on then Watch Up2Date Progress in new window and an extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.

2)
Download the Up2Date package from our HTTP or FTP Server and install it under Management >> Up2Date >> Advanced:
(MD5sum: 88ffbb6099a2b8a19b4b2a1c638cc088
Size: 129,201,116 bytes)

HTTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

FTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

The Astaro Security Gateway Administration Guide, a hardware compatibility list and a Known Issues List for the GA release are available on our knowledge base .

Feedback
If you want to provide feedback or want to discuss any of the ASG V7 features you should post it on our User Bulletin Board. Please take care to add always(!) the version you refer to (e.g. "[7.200] IM protocol detection ").

If you have feedback to our documentation (Online Help) please send it to docu@astaro.com.

There is also a demo server to check the new GUI: http://demo.astaro.com

All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed!

Your Astaro R&D team

News
* Fixed Skype over blocking of HTTPS site
* Fixed encrypted Bittorrent Blocking
* Fixed rare condition that could lead to IM/P2P engine crashes
* Fixed QoS for IM/P2P protocols
* Fixed DSCP matching in QoS Traffic Selectors
* Fixed potential Deadlock in Kernel IPsec engine
* Improved detection accuracy of IM/P2P protocols especially SSL/TLS based
* Improved performance for IM/P2P classification
* Renamed static IM/P2P Traffic Selectors
* Removed P2P protocols FastTrack, SoulSeek, WinMX, XDCC
* Removed Advanced Tab from IM/P2P config pages

All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed!

Please check also the V7 BETA forum.

The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Gateway to this BETA version.
There are two ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system:

1)
Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to Management >> Up2Date >> Overview and use Update to latest version now to install the Firmware Up2Date. Click on then Watch Up2Date Progress in new window and an extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.

2)
Download the Up2Date package from our HTTP or FTP Server and install it under Management >> Up2Date >> Advanced:
(MD5sum: 14a62fb97b78fb548e5c1e660b14b114
Size: 56.308.118 bytes)

Download server:

HTTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

FTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

Thx in advance for using and testing ASG V7.200 BETA,
your Astaro R&D team!

News
* Added File Transfer Blocking for IM Protocols
* Improved detection accuracy of many IM/P2P protocols
* Improved performance for IM/P2P classification
* Added RAID monitor to dashboard (for ASG525 and AWG4000)
* Fixed some HTTP issues with large file transfer
* Fixed 100%-cpu usage while IM/P2P scanning
* Fixed Cluster IPS Crash

All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed!

Please check also the V7 BETA forum.

The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Gateway to this BETA version.
There are two ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system:

1)
Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to Management >> Up2Date >> Overview and use Update to latest version now to install the Firmware Up2Date. Click on then Watch Up2Date Progress in new window and an extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.

2)
Download the Up2Date package from our HTTP or FTP Server and install it under Management >> Up2Date >> Advanced:
(MD5sum: 786011c851de88d714344ced23934802
Size: 65.444.620 bytes)

Download server:

HTTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

FTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

Thx in advance for using and testing ASG V7.200 BETA,
your Astaro R&D team!

News
* Fixed IM/P2P Futex() bug
* Fixed "No traffic getting through" bug
* Fixed OSPF and HA not working together properly
* Fixed sending OSPF notification if afcd is not running
* Fixed too high High web usage reporting for certain websites
* Fixed wrong calculation of available days in logfiles - again :)
* Fixed random dropping of outbound proxy packets
* Improved Astaro Flow Classifier Livelog viewer

All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed!

Please check also the V7 BETA forum.

The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Gateway to this BETA version.
There are two ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system:

1)
Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to Management >> Up2Date >> Overview and use Update to latest version now to install the Firmware Up2Date. Click on then Watch Up2Date Progress in new window and an extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.

2)
Download the Up2Date package from our HTTP or FTP Server and install it under Management >> Up2Date >> Advanced:
(MD5sum: b4076811cace09345b6105500f21c5db
Size: 39.106.352 bytes)

Download server:

HTTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

FTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

Thx in advance for using and testing ASG V7.200 BETA,
your Astaro R&D team!

News
* Fixed IM/P2P Memory Leak
* Fixed IM/P2P Exception Bug
* Added IM/P2P logfile
* Added support for simultaneous SSL-VPN user login from two ip addresses
* Improved system resource usage (RAM/CPU)
* Updated timezone file
* Added missing gui text in IM/P2P
* Increased scheduler priority for IPS and IM/P2P engine, should result in lower latency
* Fixed wrong calculation of available days in logfiles

All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed!

Please check also the V7 BETA forum.

The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Gateway to this BETA version.
There are two ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system:

1)
Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to Management >> Up2Date >> Overview and use Update to latest version now to install the Firmware Up2Date. Click on then Watch Up2Date Progress in new window and an extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.

2)
Download the Up2Date package from our HTTP or FTP Server and install it under Management >> Up2Date >> Advanced:
(MD5sum: 58e48c0b85040665641bae55cd3ed835
Size: 70.829.641 bytes)

Download server:

HTTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

FTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

Thx in advance for using and testing ASG V7.200 BETA,
your Astaro R&D team!

Exceptions for IM/P2P
This feature makes it possible to create exceptions for certain users (by ip address) to change the default policy of the IM/P2P management

Skype Detection/Blocking/Alerting
Skype uses a specially designed protocol to bypass nearly every blocking device making it a security risk to many companies. This release includes the functionality to detect and block skype at the gateway.

Bandwidth Management (QoS) for IM/P2P protocols
It is now possible to use the Layer 7 classified protocols (IM/P2P) inside the bandwidth management (QoS) and shape/throttle these kind of protocols.

Filter Web-Content based on Mime-Type/Content-Type
Demanded by many customer we added WebContent blocking based on Mime-Type/Content-Type.

Besides these new features the new release includes kernel bugfixes and updates that increase the stability as well as extend the supported hardware.

Known-Issues
We are still fine tuning the detection engine and know that some protocols are not yet fully classified. Also the File-transfer blocking of IM protocols has not been enabled yet.

How to become a Beta Tester
Bullet proof internet security is mission critical to all our customers. A comprehensive testing procedure is required to achieve the right level of perfection for Astaro products in a productive environment. Therefore we would like to invite you to participate in our Beta Test Program. The following sections will provide all the information you need to download, install and test the ASG V7.2 Beta.

Testing Period
March 26th - April 17rd

Download
You can either do a new installation by downloading and installing the complete ISO image or you can upgrade your existing installation with the BETA up2date package.

New installation:
- Download asg-7.180-080326-2.iso
size:472 MB (483,756,032 Byte)
md5sum: 9e923048ca1f4e6f37d406449b2b9b0b

Upgrade:
- Download u2d-sys-7.180.tgz.gpg
size: 92 MB (94,257,858 Byte)
md5sum: e042b72e506b3b7803930ebd79329319
- As the first Beta Up2Date package will not be fetched via the automatic Up2Date mechanism you need to download and install the Up2Date package manually
- Download the Up2Date package from our FTP Server and install it in WebAdmin under Management >> Up2Date >> Advanced (please note: you need a running 7.104 to install 7.180)
- Further Beta Up2Date packages, which will be released during the test period will be automatically fetched as usually
- At the end of the beta phase we will offer a migration path for all BETA installations to install 7.200 GA and keep config and log files

Download servers:
- Astaro FTP server: ftp://betau2d:korgano@ftp.astaro.de/

Limitations and Hints
- With the provided ISO image there maybe some limitations (remember: it's a BETA :-)
- ASG V7.2 BETA will not be supported via Astaro's support teams therefore you should not use it within productive environments.
- An ASG V7.2 manual and complete Online Help will be available with the GA release.
- The ASG V7.2 BETA version is compatible with the latest version of Astaro Command Center (ACC), including deployments with HA and Clustering scenarios.
- We are currently fine tuning the detection engine, therefore some protocols might not yet be detected fully or some over blocking might occur.

Test Cases
After you have successfully installed the beta version of ASG V7.2 you are able to conduct individual tests at your own discretion. If feasible we would also appreciate if you would have a closer look into the following areas and provide us with your personal feedback as described below:

- network performance when IPS and/or IM/P2P management is enabled
- cpu and ram utilization when IPS and/or IM/P2P management is enabled
- detection accuracy of the new IM/P2P engine
- false classification of connections
- system stability

Feedback
As with earlier versions please post any feedback and discuss any of the ASG V7.2 BETA features on our User Bulletin Board in the "BETA Version" forum.

Win a fully loaded ASG 120 !
Your feedback is important. It supports our effort to meet the highest quality demands. As a result, all participants in our Beta Program for ASG V7.1 will have the chance to win one fully loaded ASG120! And this is how it works:

Beta Testers using the Astaro User Bulletin Board to provide their feedback are invited to participate in the Astaro Beta Challenge: The tester who is reporting the highest amount of confirmed bugs will be honored with it . For more information please see the posting on our User Bulletin Board beta forum.

Shortly after the Beta phase has finished Astaro will evaluate the feedback of all beta program participants and will inform you about your possible win of the ASG120. Good luck!

Your Astaro Product Management Team

* Required previous version is 6.312
* SMTP Proxy configuration will be changed
* Depending on the speed of the CPU the Up2Date installation will take a few minutes

NEW/CHANGED/IMPROVED

BUGFIX (please refer to the known issue list on http://www.astaro.com/kb)
ID8025 RBL relays.ordb.org is blocking all emails

All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed!

The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Linux to the latest version.
There are three ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system:

1)
Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to "System -> Up2Date Service" and start a "Update now" in "System Up2Date. An extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date process and the System Administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.

2)
Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to "System -> Up2Date Service" and enable "Prefetch Up2dates". The System Administrator will receive a Notification email after an Up2Date package has been successfully fetched and can install the Up2Date by clicking "[install]" on the now available menu item "Unapplied Up2Dates". An extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.

3)
Download the Up2Date package from our HTTP or FTP Server:
(MD5sum: 7320910f588ba50cbb987eb02ec53763      Size : 85,854 bytes)

HTTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Australian Mirror - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

FTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Australian Mirror - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to "System -> Up2Date Service", start "Import from file" and import the downloaded Up2Date package. After a successful upload click "[install]" on the now available menu item "Unapplied Up2Dates". An extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System Administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.

Feedback
If you want to provide feedback or want to discuss any of the ASG V6 features you should post it on our User Bulletin Board. Please take care to add always(!) the version you refer to (e.g. "[6.313] does this solve this issue").

Your Astaro R&D team

Within the next days we are going to release 7.200 BETA as an ISO image and Up2Date package (you need 7.104 to install it).

Furthermore you will experience convenience changes and performance improvements.

Please stay tuned for more details.

New Features
ASC V9.03 offers the following major new features, among others:

Silent Installation
Client installations in large environments can now be dramatically simplified by using a new setup facility allowing the installation of a client without requiring any user input. This can be achieved by defining required installation parameters like installation directory or paths to configuration and certificate files within a dedicated setup file.

Please read the ASC_Silent Installation-HowTo document available on the Astaro Knowledgebase at http://www.astaro.com/kb/ for further information.

Signed Windows XP driver
The client driver for Windows XP has been signed by Microsoft in order to skip the usual pop-up window alerting the user that a non-officially signed application is trying to install on the PC. This not only facilitates the silent installation but also avoids problems with certain desktop firewalls.

Additional feature and installation information can be found on the Astaro Knowledgebase at http://www.astaro.com/kb/ under Section Astaro Secure Client - Manuals and Guides.

HOW TO UPGRADE

There are two ways to upgrade an existing Astaro Secure Client to the new version:

1)
Start the Astaro Secure Client Monitor on your desktop. On the menu select "Help -> Search for New Updates". Click "Next" on the upcoming "Software Update Wizard" window. The client will now automatically search for new updates. If a newer version is found, you can click on the "Next" button to start the automatic installation immediately.

2)
Use MyAstaro to download the new client software from our HTTP or FTP Server.
When installing the new software an already existing version will be recognized and updated accordingly.

If you want an evaluation copy of Astaro Secure Client, go to MyAstaro and complete a short form to create a MyAstaro account. You will then be taken to a screen where you can download a 30-day evaluation version of Astaro Secure Client.

For more information please visit our website.

Your Product Management Team

News:
This is a small bugfix release resolving the following issues:

Factory Reset leads to up2date verification error
After executing the a factory reset the resulting system is no longer able to properly verify the digital signature of system and pattern up2date packages.
If you encounter this issue, please contact the astaro support team.

Update 7.102 may lead to decreased spam detection rates
Installing the up2date 7.102 can lead to the fact that two 'cffd' processes are running, which both try to process email. The first of these processes can do spam detection the second not, because the socket of the spam detection engine is already used by the first process.

If you encounter this issue, you need to restart the system which fill fix the issue permanently.

Bugfixes:
Fix [7866]: Up2Date package verification fails after factory reset

All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed!

Please check also the V7.1 Release Notes PDF.

The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Gateway to the latest version.
There are two ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system:

1)
Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to Management >> Up2Date >> Overview and use Update to latest version now to install the Firmware Up2Date. Click on then Watch Up2Date Progress in new window and an extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.

2)
Download the Up2Date package from our HTTP or FTP Server and install it under Management >> Up2Date >> Advanced:
(MD5sum: ca5a45038ee03b8bf30417795c76ab44
Size : 9,193,372 bytes)

HTTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

FTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

Feedback
If you want to provide feedback or want to discuss any of the ASG V7 features you should post it on our User Bulletin Board. Please take care to add always(!) the version you refer to (e.g. "[7.103] memory leak fix worked").

There is also a demo server to check ASG V7: http://demo.astaro.com

Your Astaro R&D team

News:
This is a small bugfix release
Small Middleware Memory Leak fixed
disable performance logging in HA mode

Bugfixes:
Fix [7814]: Middleware may slow down on some systems
Fix [7831]: High availablility logfile filling up with stats

All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed!

Please check also the V7.1 Release Notes PDF.

The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Gateway to the latest version.
There are two ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system:

1)
Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to Management >> Up2Date >> Overview and use Update to latest version now to install the Firmware Up2Date. Click on then Watch Up2Date Progress in new window and an extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.

2)
Download the Up2Date package from our HTTP or FTP Server and install it under Management >> Up2Date >> Advanced:
(MD5sum: d7c5bb6eda6e4ff5c5f1824cd8b7ec71
Size : 5,386,126 bytes)

HTTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

FTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

Feedback
If you want to provide feedback or want to discuss any of the ASG V7 features you should post it on our User Bulletin Board. Please take care to add always(!) the version you refer to (e.g. "[7.103] memory leak fix worked").

There is also a demo server to check ASG V7: http://demo.astaro.com

Your Astaro R&D team

WebAdmin Auditor role
Users with Auditor role will be able to login to WebAdmin with restricted (read-only) access, so they only can only view reports and logfiles without permission to change system settings.

Web Security Reporting for blocked pages
New Web Security Reports list all websites that have been blocked by the Astaro Web Filter due to viruses found, blocked file extensions or blocked URL categories. Different views are available sorted by categories, users, domains, and more.

Fixes
The following issues have been fixed with the current release, among others:

High Availability
Several fixes have been made for High Availability configurations, including proper start-up of IPsec services, synchronization of authentication state when using external authentication like eDirectory, synchronization of configuration data and logfiles as well as the Up2Date process.

HTTP Proxy
Several minor issues with the new HTTP Proxy have been fixed, i.e. with time based profiles, misbehaviour when parent proxy is not resolvable and with sites not working correctly.

Authentication
Auto-usercreation now only creates lowercase usernames in order to avoid duplicate, case-sensitive usernames with remote authentication back-ends. Furthermore Single Sign-On within clustered eDirectory environments has been improved.

Tunnel Reference within live log
When using the IPsec live log viewer, the tunnel references will now be resolved to the tunnel names. That should help while debugging/viewing the IPsec status.

MMS connection tracking helper
The connection tracking helper for MMS has been removed as the protocol is only rarely used and also causes unstable behaviour in some cases.

Public List of Bugfixes:
Fix [7097]: Nics listed twice in WebAdmin overview
Fix [7314]: Bridge can not be disabled after importing a backup
Fix [7475]: IPsec starting in wrong mode after restart of HA system
Fix [7483]: Lots of config changes cause SMTP restarts
Fix [7491]: eDirectory SSO synchronisation: use overlapping sync intervall
Fix [7569]: Unresolved HTTP parent proxy kills the backend system

All Up2Dates are GNUPG-signed!

Please check also the V7.1 Release Notes PDF.

The Astaro Up2Date technology makes it easy to upgrade your installed Astaro Security Gateway to the latest version.
There are two ways to apply an Up2Date package to the system:

1)
Log on to WebAdmin, navigate to Management >> Up2Date >> Overview and use Update to latest version now to install the Firmware Up2Date. Click on then Watch Up2Date Progress in new window and an extra browser window will show the progress of the Up2Date installation and the System administrator will receive a notification email once the Up2Date process has finished successfully.

2)
Download the Up2Date package from our HTTP or FTP Server and install it under Management >> Up2Date >> Advanced:
(MD5sum: 0172f86b763945e63722239218d065a0
Size : 96,980,676 bytes)

HTTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

FTP:
Astaro US - Astaro US2 - Astaro Germany - Astaro Germany2 - Austria Mirror - Japanese Mirror

Feedback
If you want to provide feedback or want to discuss any of the ASG V7 features you should post it on our User Bulletin Board. Please take care to add always(!) the version you refer to (e.g. "[7.102] new auditor role").

There is also a demo server to check ASG V7: http://demo.astaro.com

Your Astaro R&D team