Announcing AstLinux Pre-Release: astlinux-1.4-4972-3bdfa6
** Request for Testing
This pre-release reimplements the PPPoE client using the latest pppd 2.4.9
pppoe kernel driver and our custom scripts.
The PPPoE client has always been an issue for the AstLinux devs since testing
is an issue. Michael Keuter and Lonnie were able to independently use the
pppoe-server software and build a PPPoE test environment between two AstLinux
boxes. We now need testing with actual ISPs requiring PPPoE.
So if you use PPPoE, be certain you test this pre-release while having local
access, such that if anything goes wrong you can "Revert to Previous" and get
back working. Test by restarting PPPoE a few time in a row, rebooting a couple
times, looking for errors (grep pppd /var/log/messages). Please report any
issues (and successes) with this change.
** IMPORTANT NOTICE
-- The ipsec-tools (racoon) support in AstLinux is deprecated, and will be
removed in the near future.
The development of ipsec-tools has been ABANDONED.
The Network tab -> VPN Type: "IPsec Peers" and "IPsec Mobile" is the
web interface configuration for ipsec-tools.
The AstLinux Team suggests using either WireGuard or OpenVPN for your
VPN needs, but if IPsec is required for
compatibility reasons the Network tab -> VPN Type: "IPsec strongSwan"
should be able to do what you want,
albeit in a less than ideal text based configuration.
More info:
https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:tt_ipsec_vpn_strongswan
** The AstLinux Team is regularly upgrading packages containing security and
bug fixes as well as adding new features of our own.
-- Linux Kernel 4.19.160 (version bump), security and bug fixes
-- OpenSSL, version bump to 1.1.1i, security fix: CVE-2020-1971
-- WireGuard VPN, module 1.0.20201221 (version bump), tools 1.0.20200827 (no
change)
-- libcurl (curl) version bump to 7.74.0, security fixes: CVE-2020-8284,
CVE-2020-8285, CVE-2020-8286
-- getdns/stubby, remove package, replace getdns/stubby with unbound for
DNS-over-TLS
-- unbound, version bump to 1.13.0
-- rng-tools, jitterentropy version bump to 3.0.0 (2x improved performance on
APU systems)
-- miniupnpd, version 2.1, add Debian security fixes: CVE-2019-12107,
CVE-2019-12108
CVE-2019-12109, CVE-2019-12110, CVE-2019-12111
-- sngrep, version bump to 1.4.8
-- Monit, version bump to 5.27.1
-- zabbix, version bump to 4.0.27
-- Asterisk 13.29.2 ('13se' no change)
Older than latest Asterisk 13.x version but more tested, built
--without-pjproject
-- Asterisk 13.38.1 (version bump) and 16.15.1 (version bump)
-- Add support for directory /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing_tmp for call file
staging.
-- Add support for persistent /mnt/kd/call-file/ directory for certain tmpfs
spool directories.
If the directory /mnt/kd/call-file/ exists, the following symlinks will
automatically occur:
== /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing -> /mnt/kd/call-file/outgoing
== /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing_tmp -> /mnt/kd/call-file/outgoing_tmp
== /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing_done -> /mnt/kd/call-file/outgoing_done
-- Complete Pre-Release ChangeLog:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/beta.astlinux-project/astlinux-changelog/ChangeLog.txt
The "AstLinux Pre-Release ChangeLog" and "Pre-Release Repository URL" entries
can be found under the "Development" tab of the AstLinux Project web site ...
AstLinux Project -> Development
https://www.astlinux-project.org/dev.html
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