Yes! Exact same problems here on CentOS 7, and Debian 8.4. Both clean,
fully updated, minimal installs.
On Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 6:28 AM Nathan, Josh <josh.nat...@bfacademy.de> wrote:
> So... I've just done a fresh install of PacketFence 6 on a CentOS 7 box.
> Is anyone else having the problem where PacketFence won't start because
> it's takes too long, and systemctl times out on it? I am running it in a
> virtual server, so maybe I'm not giving it enough resources... But it has
> 8GB of Ram and 4 CPU cores...
>
> Thanks,
> Joshua Nathan
> Level 3 IT Support and Development
> Black Forest Academy
> +49 (0) 7626-9161-630
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 12:25 AM, Ludovic Marcotte <lmarco...@inverse.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> The Inverse team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of
>> PacketFence 6.0.0. This is a major release with new features, enhancements
>> and important bug fixes. This release is considered ready for production
>> use and upgrading from previous versions is strongly advised.
>> What is PacketFence?
>>
>> PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, Free and Open Source Network
>> Access Control (NAC) solution. Boasting an impressive feature set,
>> PacketFence can be used to effectively secure small to very large
>> heterogeneous networks.
>>
>> Among the features provided by PacketFence, there are:
>>
>> - powerful BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) capabilities
>> - state-of-the art devices fingerprinting with Fingerbank
>> - multiple enforcement methods including Role-Based Access Control
>> (RBAC) and hotspot-style
>> - compliance checks for endpoints present on your network
>> - integration with various vulnerability scanners, intrusion
>> detection solutions, security agents and firewalls
>> - bandwidth accounting for all devices
>>
>> A complete overview of the solution is available from the official
>> website: http://packetfence.org/about.html
>> Changes Since Previous Release
>>
>> *New Features*
>>
>> - Fully redesigned frontend and backend of the captive portal
>> - Parking state for unregistered devices (where it will have a longer
>> DHCP lease time and will only access a lightweight portal)
>> - CentOS 7 and Debian 8 (Jessie) support
>> - RADIUS support for Avaya switches
>> - New filter engine to return custom answers in pfdns
>> - Redirect URL are defined in Role by Web Auth URL switch
>> configuration (Cisco)
>> - Added support for Captive-Portal DHCP attribute (RFC7710)
>> - Added Google Project Fi as a SMS carrier for SMS signup option
>> - FreeRADIUS 3 support with Redis integration
>>
>> *Enhancements*
>>
>> - Added ability to expire users
>> - Automatically update all the Fingerbank databases (Redis, p0f,
>> SQLite3)
>> - Do not allow the TRACE method to be used in any of the web processes
>> - Can now limit the maximum unregdate an administrator can set to a
>> person
>> - Added option to disable the accounting recording in the SQL tables
>> - Added caching of the latest accounting request for use in access
>> reevaluation
>> - Reduced the number of webservices calls during RADIUS accounting
>> - Added configuration for Apache 2.4 with Template Toolkit
>> - Added a timer for each RADIUS request (radius audit log)
>> -
>>
>> Assign the voice role to VoIP devices when PacketFence detects them
>> - Renamed VLAN to Role in admin GUI violation
>> - Unregistering a node from a secure connection to an unsecured one
>> is now managed by the VLAN filters
>> - Location history of a node now shows the role instead of the VLAN id
>> - Documentation to configure Cisco switches with Identity Networking
>> Policy
>> - Trigger violation on source or destination IP address only if they
>> are in the trapping range networks
>> - Performance improvement for VoIP detection
>> - Added new RADIUS filter return option (random number in a range)
>> - Reinstated iplog (iplog_history and iplog_archive) rotation/cleanup
>> jobs performed by pfmon
>> - An asynchronous LDAP lookup is now done on each 802.1x request to
>> populate the person fields for that user
>>
>> *Bug Fixes*
>>
>> - Compute unregistration date for secure connections
>> - Fixed unescape value in LDAP search
>> - Fixed Apache 2.4 core dump
>> - Fixed update locationlog from accounting start with the wrong
>> connection type
>>
>> See https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/commits/packetfence-6.0.0 for
>> the complete change log.
>>
>> See the UPGRADE file for notes about upgrading:
>> <https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/tree/packetfence-6.0.0/UPGRADE.asciidoc>
>> https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/tree/packetfence-6.0.0/UPGRADE.asciidoc
>> Getting PacketFence
>>
>> PacketFence is free software and is distributed under the GNU GPL. As
>> such, you are free to download and try it by either getting the new release
>> or by getting the sources: <http://packetfence.org/download.html>
>> http://packetfence.org/download.html
>>
>> Documentation about the installation and configuration of PacketFence is
>> also available: http://packetfence.org/support/index.html#/documentation
>> How Can I Help?
>>
>> PacketFence is a collaborative effort in order to create the best Free
>> and Open Source NAC solution. There are multiple ways you can contribute to
>> the project:
>>
>> - Documentation reviews, enhancements and translations
>> - Feature requests or by sharing your ideas
>> -
>>
>> Participate in the discussion on mailing lists (
>> http://packetfence.org/support/index.html#/community)
>> - Patches for bugs or enhancements
>> - Provide new translations of remediation pages
>>
>> Getting Support
>>
>> For any questions, do not hesitate to contact us by writing to
>> supp...@inverse.ca
>>
>> You can also fill our online form (http://inverse.ca/#contact) and a
>> representative from Inverse will contact you.
>>
>> Inverse offers professional services to organizations willing to secure
>> their wired and wireless networks with the PacketFence solution.
>>
>> --
>> Ludovic marcottelmarco...@inverse.ca :: +1.514.755.3630 ::
>> http://inverse.ca
>> Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (http://sogo.nu) and PacketFence
>> (http://packetfence.org)
>>
>>
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