[High] Up2date 4.017

Urgency: HIGH (low, Middle, HIGH)
Size: 14.8MB (14,804,112 bytes)
md5sum: b5ab00defc14baba0cd64a16df4f9702

Up2Date 4.017

Remarks

• Required previous version is 4.016
• Existing configuration will not be changed
• !!! ATTENTION – FIREWALL WILL REBOOT AFTER UP2DATE !!!

New/Changed/Improved

• New kernel for supporting new hardware
• Extended PCMCIA card support (Prism 2/2.5/3)
• Added more ACPI functions – ASL will power off after a shutdown
• Added DMA support for speeding up newer harddisks
• Fixed kernel vulnerability (CAN-2003-0961)

Bugfix

(please refer to the known issue list on http://docs.astaro.org)
ID718 USB keyboards may not work after installation
ID690 Only Prism 2 PCMCIA cards supported
ID676 LDAP Base DN is deleted when creating a new user
ID672 Forward to postmaster does not work for virus-emails
ID655 Portscan Notification not working
ID625 DMA mode for harddisks not available
ID603 PPTP sessions through ASL may fail with error 619
ID598 Incoming PPTP connections may fail

Download Information

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 succesfully 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:
   HTTP: Astaro US – Astaro Germany – Australian Mirror – Austria Mirror – Japanese Mirror
   FTP: Astaro US – Astaro Germany – 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.

To install Astaro Security Linux, you need the installation ISO image, available on our download page.