BaruwaOS 6.6.1 released

June 15, 2015 at 10:00 AM | categories: Baruwa, Releases, 2.0.8, Baruwa Enterprise, BaruwaOS, Baruwa 2.0

Today we are issuing update -- BaruwaOS 6.6.1, this update contains rolling updates to the previous release BaruwaOS 6.6.

Features Roundup

The notable changes in this release are as follows.

Baruwa 2.0.8

This is an Enhancement and Bugfix release and contains the following changes:

  • Implemented the SPF Checks Exemptions list to allow for exemptions of domains from SPF checks.
  • Added perl functions to block abusive clients
  • Updated the yum plugin to run baruwa-setup -c
  • Updated documentation
  • Updated Spamassassin rules location
  • Silence output from updatedelta.pl
  • Disconnect from PgSQL and Sphinx after indexing
  • Disabled paster delta index updates
  • FIX: Untaint ENV{PATH}
  • FIX: Template bugs
  • FIX: Exception in lists module
  • FIX: WebApp Error Is a directory exception
  • FIX: Display more accurate message status info
  • FIX: Catch LXML Error: Document is empty in message preview
  • FIX: Only show quarantined flag if message not delivered
  • FIX: Remove preview and release buttons when message is deleted
  • FIX: IOError on deleted message preview
  • FIX: Ajax alert message box not being removed.
  • FIX: Correct SMTP error codes information
  • FIX: Exception when users attempt to release dangerous messages
  • FIX: Ensured API created domains belong to correct org
  • FIX: Restrict the domain creation scope to admin users
  • FIX: Release SQL connections on commandline apps
  • FIX: Generate initial indexes if missing
  • FIX: Incorrect certificate location

Baruwa-Setup 0.0.2

This is an Enhancement and Bugfix release and contains the following changes:

  • Implemented change passphrase functionality
  • Ensure settings are stored on a failed run to prevent user from having to re-enter the values
  • Improved the cleanup when launching updated version
  • Made SMTP time RBLs configurable
  • Clear cached template files prior to manifest generation
  • Reload the program if it is updated
  • Create manifests after updates not before
  • Added the configure only option
  • Added disable SPF checks option
  • Added Outbound Reputation checking option
  • Added Message size limit option
  • Added skip questions option
  • Added export manifest option
  • Added support for activation key updates
  • FIX: Incorrect SSL private key path for self signed certificates
  • FIX: Program crashes when loading int coz boolean flag was not set

Baruwa-Puppet 2.0.8

This is an Enhancement and Bugfix release and contains the following changes:

  • Check for TXREP rule instead of AWL rule during SQL updates
  • Use geolocated updates mirrors in freshclam
  • Added the ability to select SMTP time DNSBLs
  • Enable Message size limits
  • Enable Exim custom configuration overrides
  • Enable SPF checks switches
  • Upgrade spamassassin to 3.4.1
  • Removed AWL spamassassin plugin
  • Enable TXREP spamassassin plugin
  • Remove KAM.cf, move to the Baruwa Enterprise Edition channel
  • Disabled malwarepatrol rules
  • Added conditionals to allow for seamless upgrades
  • Generate dhparams for web and mail server
  • Updated mailscanner and mailscanner configuration for SA 3.4.1
  • Ensure new configuration files are updated not saved as .rpmsave
  • Ensure new baruwa crontab disabling paster update delta is installed
  • FIX: Prevent network manager from changing DNS
  • FIX: Relay table upgrade not working due to incorrect checks
  • FIX: Ratelimiting typo in exim.conf
  • FIX: Enable hourly ClamAV updates
  • FIX: Ensure updatedelta.ini is updated

Spamassassin 3.4.1

This is an Enhancement and Bugfix release and contains the following changes:

  • Improved automation to help combat spammers that are abusing new top level domains
  • Tweaks to the SPF support to block more spoofed emails
  • Increased character set normalization to make rules easier to develop and stop spammers from using alternate character sets to bypass tests
  • Continued refinement to the native IPv6 support
  • Improved Bayesian classification with better debugging and attachment hashing
  • The TxRep (Reputation) plugin is designed as a substantially improved replacement of the AWL plugin
  • The PDFInfo plugin helps detecting spam with attached PDF files
  • The URILocalBL plugin creates some new rule test types, such as "uri_block_cc", "uri_block_cidr", and "uri_block_isp".

Detailed release notes available at the spamassassin website

MailScanner 4.85.5-2

This is an Enhancement and Bugfix release and contains the following changes:

  • Require spamassassin versions >= 3.4.1
  • Remove KAM cronjobs
  • Added DNS server option to spam.assassin.prefs.conf
  • Replaced AWL with TXRep

Packages updated

The full list of packages updated in this release is as follows.

Download

The new ISO images are available to download at https://downloads.baruwa.com/isos/6.6.1

Updating

Baruwa Enterprise Edition 2.0.7 users can update using the baruwa-setup command, please read the changelog as well as the updating sections of the documentation prior to updating.

Users Baruwa Enterprise Edition versions < 2.0.7 should first convert to BaruwaOS, the process will upgrade them to the latest version as well. Please refer to the 2.0.7 section of the upgrade documentation for the process to follow to convert to BaruwaOS