IPFire 2.11 - Core Update 64 ready for testing

by Michael Tremer, November 13, 2012

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IPFire 2.11 – Core 64 has been released to the testing tree. It comes with various types of fixes and updates:

  • snort has been updated to version 2.9.3.1. The corresponding daq library to version 1.1.1. This enables snort to work with the latest VRT ruleset and fixes some minor bugs.
  • Outgoing firewall: The broken MAC rules have been fixed (#10223).
  • Update accelerator: The path to the delete icon has been fixed as reported by Jörn-Ingo Weigert.
  • pakfire can now use the XZ compression algorithm for the package payload.

Core Update 64 is scheduled to be released within the next 7 days, unless we encounter any serious problems.

Please join us testing this update and send us your feedback.

Besides the core update, the samba addon has been updated to version 3.5.19.