8sign update

claire · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 11:33 am Post subject: 8sign update

8Signs 2.2.1014 (Beta) is here :

http://www.8signs.com/firewall/beta.cfm

And the Release Notes :

v2.2.1014 (October 14)

This build is being made available for 3 reasons:
1) To show customers what is coming and to get feedback on new features.
2) To make these much-sought features available to customers who need them, and
3) To help catch bugs as soon as possible.

Version 2.2 is still in progress. 8Signs still expects to add more features before it is released in "beta". Also, 8Signs fixes bugs as they are report and solved. We expect to have all v2.0.x and v2.1.x bugs fixed before v2.2 is released in "beta".

New features in v2.2

IP Groups - one rule can match more than one IP or IP range.
In the program menu, under Rules, an entry is added near the bottom called "IP Address Groups". When this item is chosen, a window appears for adding, editing and removing IP Groups. An "IP Group" is a set of IP addresses or address ranges that will be used together by rules.

Port Groups - one rule can match more than one port or port range
This feature is very similar to the "IP Groups" feature, but applies to TCP and UDP ports. You can now define Port Groups (see the Rules menu, near the bottom) and on the Filtering page when editing a rule, there is a new entry at the bottom of the "Ports must match:" list called "Group". Choose that and the list of available port groups will appear.

MAC rules now support "trusted" status.
TCP, UDP and ICMP rules can now be restricted to apply to systemsthat you "trust" (they use MAC adddresses that you specify in MAC rules). You can now make a new kind of MAC address rule where theaction, if the MAC address matches, is simply to elevate this packet to "trusted" status. Normal protocol filtering (using TCP, UDP and ICMP rules) continues. If a rule matches but is restricted to "trusted" MAC addresses, then the packet will match if and only if it received "trusted" status by a MAC rule. All other packets will not match and the search through the rules will continue for a matching rule.

Improved Log Display information
The log display (when you double-click on a log entry) is improved to show the protocol fields and the contents of the packet that triggered the log entry. This display screen also gives you the option to save the packet information you see to a file (in the Log directory, the file name is based on the timestamp).
Block All option on the Configuration Screen
On the Configuration screen (for each adapter), the "Block All"option has been added so you can choose to block all traffic for that adapter (others can "Filter" or "Allow All")

The System Tray popup menu has been changed
The "Settings" item has been replaced by the options "Allow All","Filter" and "Block All", to give immediate control over the firewall state. These controls are exactly the same as with View/Settings/When Running controls.

Refer to the ReadMe1st.txt file in the firewall directory once installed for complete information on the new features.


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