"PacketFencePacketFence is an open-source network access control (NAC) system which provides the following features: registration, detection of abnormal network activities, proactive vulnerability scans, isolation of problematic devices, remediation through a captive portal, 802.1X, wireless integration and DHCP fingerprinting."
This is the official change log:
New Hardware Support
* SMC TigerStack 6128 L2 support in Port Security (feature sponsored by Seattle Pacific University)
* HP ProCurve MSM710 Mobility Controller
* Meru Networks MC3000 Wireless Controller
* Juniper EX Series in MAC RADIUS (Juniper's MAC Authentication)
New Features
* Simplification of the Wireless, Wired 802.1X and Wired MAC Authentication configuration. Because of a new FreeRADIUS module and a Web Service interface, everything is now using standard PacketFence proccesses and configuration files.
* VoIP devices authorization over RADIUS (#1008)
* Proxy interception. PacketFence can now operate in an environment where there is a client-side proxy configured. Check proxy-bypass in addons/ for details. (#1035)
* Passthroughs support! You can now configure PacketFence to let your users reach specific websites even if they are in registration or isolation. (#772) (feature sponsored by Shippensburg University)
* New pf::web::custom extension point to customize the captive portal's code without the usual maintenance burden on upgrades (#1045)
* Bulk importation of nodes through CLI or Admin Web interface
* New parameter in switches.conf to ease FreeRADIUS integration
* Optional automatic configuration of FreeRADIUS' clients using switches.conf (see addons/freeradius-integration/README for details)
* New 'pending' status for node. Allows for a wide range of captive portal workflows where an administrator approves network access (by email, SMS…)
Enhancements
This is the official change log:
New Hardware Support
* SMC TigerStack 6128 L2 support in Port Security (feature sponsored by Seattle Pacific University)
* HP ProCurve MSM710 Mobility Controller
* Meru Networks MC3000 Wireless Controller
* Juniper EX Series in MAC RADIUS (Juniper's MAC Authentication)
New Features
* Simplification of the Wireless, Wired 802.1X and Wired MAC Authentication configuration. Because of a new FreeRADIUS module and a Web Service interface, everything is now using standard PacketFence proccesses and configuration files.
* VoIP devices authorization over RADIUS (#1008)
* Proxy interception. PacketFence can now operate in an environment where there is a client-side proxy configured. Check proxy-bypass in addons/ for details. (#1035)
* Passthroughs support! You can now configure PacketFence to let your users reach specific websites even if they are in registration or isolation. (#772) (feature sponsored by Shippensburg University)
* New pf::web::custom extension point to customize the captive portal's code without the usual maintenance burden on upgrades (#1045)
* Bulk importation of nodes through CLI or Admin Web interface
* New parameter in switches.conf to ease FreeRADIUS integration
* Optional automatic configuration of FreeRADIUS' clients using switches.conf (see addons/freeradius-integration/README for details)
* New 'pending' status for node. Allows for a wide range of captive portal workflows where an administrator approves network access (by email, SMS…)
Enhancements
- New information available in Node Lookup (Connection Type, SSID, 802.1X User-Name, …)
- FreeRADIUS module improvements (#1034) and major revamping
- Easier installation process using yum groupinstall (#1089)
- Faster Web Services layer running under mod_perl
- Refactoring of the pf::vlan method names for more meaningful ones
- Removed unnecessary database connections and duplicated code
- 802.1X improvements (#995, #1002)
- General code base improvements, refactoring (#914, #977, #1001, #973)
- Usability improvements (#1006, #820, #1075)
- Migrated to the new Emerging Threats rules for snort and added rules for botnets, malware, shellcode, trojan and worm by default (#1102)
- New DHCP fingerprints (HP ProCurve Wireless, Ricoh MFP, Cisco/Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, Trendnet, Belkin Home Wireless Routers, Sony Ericsson, Android, Aruba Access Point, Avaya IP Phone, Gentoo Linux and Fedora Linux 13)
- pfcmd_vlan's logging is now consistent with the rest of the system (#874)
- configurator.pl now handles DNS and DHCP basic configuration (#1112)
- Merged Installation and Administration guides into a more coherent document
- New documentation about DHCP and DNS services. Now easier to manage! (#1113)
- New documentation about running in a routed environment
- Improved documentation about Snort, Oinkmaster, and log rotation in Admin Guide
- Improved documentation on violations (external remediation pages and redirect_url) in the Administration Guide
- Captive Portal remediation pages can be hosted externally again! (#1024)
- Fixes to the SMC TigerStack 8824M and 8848M modules (see UPGRADE)
- No error reporting when trying to change configuration files with bad rights (#1088)
- Violation priorities are now enforced according to documentation (1 = highest)
- Wrong URL in the provided oinkmaster.conf (#1101)
- MAC addresses of format xxxx.xxxx.xxxx properly recognized in pf::util
