IPCop History

IPCop 1.4.2
Released 16 December 2004

Mainly a bugfix release. List of problems solved in v1.4.2:

• Fix KA Advisory 0411291 in proxylog.dat
• Fix dhcp.cgi bug in header.pl
• Fix eciadsl-nortek to use correct usb alt interface in rc.red
• Fix insecure dependency related to fritdsl modems in rc.red
• Fix 'ends never' in dhcp lease
• Fix DOMAIN_NAME to DOMAIN_NAME_GREEN in rc.updatered rc.netaddressup
• Fix wireless.cgi when IP addresses in use
• Fix IBOD DOV deselection in pppsetup.cgi
• Fix doatmdial with STATICIP (start rc.updatered, reverse test with atmarp)
• Fix status.cgi page menu without javascript
• Fix dhcp.cgi : read timesettings for correct test
• Fix dhcp.c from setup :add _GREEN to dhcpkv
• Fix semaphore leak with eciadsl-synch on synch timeout
• Fix snort log rotation not working wich could have made snort end
• Fix syslog path in restartsyslogd (if syslog was not running)
• Set empty DOMAINNAME in restarthosts to prevent ctrl/Z in hosts file
• Upgrade fcdsl2 firmware and module to 03.11.04 and include drdsl
• Upgrade Pulsar driver to 4.018
• Upgrade fcron to 2.02 (CAN-2004-1030, CAN-2004-1031, CAN-2004-1032 & CAN-2004-1032)
• Change 256MB flash disk log size from 10 to 30MB
• Add usr/bin/host for ipsec verify
• Add reload capability to rc.firewall.local

IPCop 1.4.1
Released 21 November 2004

Changes:

• New pulsar driver (4.0.15)
• Squid 2.5STABLE7
• Conexant driver update
• ECI ADSL Nortek support
• DNSmasq 2.17
• Latest versions of apache, openssl
• Many bug fixes to the CGI scripts and upgrade procedures.
• Speedtouch 0.01 support
• Adds Somali language
• Fixes some translations
• Fixes the gaps in graph generation

IPCop 1.4.0
Released 1 October 2004

Changes:

• Build system uses LFS (Linux from Scratch)
• New GUI
• New supported hardware includes:
  • SCSI hardware
  • PCMCIA hardware
  • Speedtouch PPPoE
  • AVM Fritz!DSL
  • AVM Fritz!Card PCI 2.0
  • Bewan st PCI and USB
  • Conexant usb and PCI driver
  • Eagle-usb driver
  • Fritzdsl
  • Speedtouch usb PPPoE / bridged / routed IP (Rev 4.00 supported)
  • Zyxel 630-11 driver
  • 3Com 3cp4218 driver
• New features include:
  • Support ACPI
  • Uni and Multi-processor systems
  • SSP Stack Smashing Protection and libsafe
  • Intrusion detection SNORT (for all interfaces)
  • Traffic Shaping
  • NTP Server on GREEN
  • System graphs for CPU, Memory and disk
  • BLUE interface for connecting Wireless AP's
  • X.509 VPN support (including Roadwarrior support)
  • Enhancements to DHCP and Hosts editing
  • Enhancements to log viewing
• New supported languages include:
  • Cesky
  • Chinese
  • Latin American Spanish
  • Magyar
  • Polski
  • Portugues
  • Portugues-Brasil
  • Romanian
  • Suomi
  • Vietnamese
  • Russkij
• New target platforms
  • Digital Alpha (preliminary) - yes, IPCop runs on Alpha systems as well as Intel ix86 machines.

IPCop 1.3.0
Released 22 April 2003

Changes:

• Linux 2.4 kernel and iptables support
• New supported hardware included:
  • ECI ADSL supported modems
  • Alcatel Speedtouch 330 modem
  • Updated software included:
  • Speedtouch 1.2beta
  • Snort 2.0.0
  • Super FreeS/Wan 1.99 kb2c
• Improved portforwarding interface:
  • Support for port ranges
  • Support for PPTP (GRE)
• New supported languages include:
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Greek
  • Norwegian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
• Languages selectable from the web interface
• Improved log reporting
• Improved open connections display
• Improved dial-on-demand traffic selection
• Improved traffic graphing (using MRTG)
• Rate limiting to prevent DoS attacks

IPCop 1.2.0
Released 26 December 2002

Changes:

• DNRD was replaced with DNSMASQ
• Updated software included:
• Speedtouch
• Snort
• SSH
• and a PPTP client
• New modules included:
  • ip_masq_ipsec
  • ip_masq_h323
• Interface to set time via ntpdate added
• Backup/restore configuration to floppy added
• Multiple languages were added:
  • German
  • French
  • Turkish
• Support for the Pulsar PCI ADSL card added
• DOV support for ISDN added
• Static DHCP leases added
• Set WINS server in DHCP configuration added
• Aliasing on the red interface added
• Dial-on-demand ADSL added
• Proxy graphs added
• Java based SSH shell removed

IPCop 0.1.1
Released 11 January 2002

Features:

• 2.2 Kernel
• EXT3 File System
• IPChains based firewall
• Analog/ISDN/ADSL modem support
• Support for almost any connection type
• CheckPoint Soft. SecuRemote Support
• Full DMZ Support
• Web Based GUI Admin & Config System
• Status Display
• Traffic Graphs
• Connections Information
• PPP Settings/Configuration Area
• PPtP ADSL Support
• PPPoE Support
• USB ADSL Firmware Upload Area
• Modem Configuration Area
• SSH server for Remote Access
• Password Control Area
• HTTP/FTP/HTTPS Web Proxy
• DHCP Server
• Caching DNS
• TCP/UDP Port Forwarding
• External Service Access Control
• DMZ Pinholing Capacity
• Dynamic DNS Support
• Intrusion Detection System (SNORT)
• VPN Support (FreeSWAN) with Control Area
• System Logs
• Web Proxy Logs
• Firewall Logs
• Intrusion Detection System Logs
• Remote Shutdown/Reboot Area
• Integrated JAVA Based SSH Shell Area
• IPCop Linux Updates Area