Vyatta is pleased to announce that Vyatta Community Edition 2.2 (code name Camarillo).
This release adds the following enhancements:
BGP enhancements
Per-peer BGP routing policies: Import and export routing policies can now be applied to individual BGP peers as well as at the BGP protocol level.
MD5 authentication for BGP: An MD5 key can now be specified to authenticate a BGP peer.
NAT usability enhancements.
The "type" and "translation-type" options have been consolidated into a single attribute for ease of configuration
The "inside-address" and "outside-address" options can now be configured with address ranges
Port translation is now supported
The Configuration Guide has been enhanced with a greater number and variety of examples for NAT
Improvements to DHCP server and DHCP relay
In previous releases, the system's DHCP server configuration feature did not work correctly for multiple subnets on the same physical interface (multinetting). In addition, the DHCP relay configuration feature did not work for multiple physical interfaces. These features have been made more robust, and now DHCP server and relay can be used in both these cases.
DHCP server and DHCP relay configuration options have been enhanced to improve usability
New options for "show version". The "show version" command has been enhanced to provide additional information about packages. The new options are as follows:
all. Shows all packages that have either been added, deleted, downgraded, or upgraded since the last baseline release upgrade. added. Lists packages that have been added when compared to the last baseline release upgrade.
deleted. Lists packages that have been deleted when compared to the last baseline release upgrade. downgraded. Lists packages that have been rolled back to a previous version when compared to the last baseline release upgrade.
upgraded. Lists packages that have been upgraded when compared to the last baseline upgrade
Bug fixes. Over 100 issues (bugs and enhancements) have been resolved with this update. The list of issues addressed by this release is available on the Vyatta Support Center Issues database page. Consult the release notes for more information.
Read the rest of the release announcement for a more detailed list of new features.
LinuxWatch: Vyatta: A high-end Linux-based firewall and router Sep. 04, 2007 - "Let's play a Linux word association game. Red Hat is to Microsoft as Vyatta is to Cisco. "Vyatta," you ask? This small, San Mateo, Calif.-based business is trying to show that you can use open source to deliver high-level networking services on a competitive basis with network giant Cisco in the same way that Red Hat showed it could be done with Microsoft's server business."