Changelog for minor software releases

Code Version Text Date
Feature-255 7.1-0 The DPDK Capture Engine was completely reworked and optimized for >40 Gbps / >30 Mpps DDoS detection & mitigation on a single CPU
Feature-254 7.1-0 The DPDK Capture Engine supports any Intel CPU microarchitecture after Nehalem although it is optimized for Broadwell
Feature-253 7.1-0 The DPDK Capture Engine includes a new Forwarding Mode selector which enables forwarding of packets in a Transparent Bridge mode, or by using IP forwarding
Feature-252 7.1-0 The DPDK Capture Engine provides a new Distributor Mode selector which allows distributing packets to specialized CPU cores using RSS, a custom allocator or a round-robin algorithm
Feature-251 7.1-0 Packet Filter now supports DPDK 18.11 together with all the DPDK-related features of the Packet Sensor
Feature-250 7.1-0 Packet Filter can now use a DPDK-enabled Packet Sensor as a Capture Engine, in order to capture and filter packets on the same interface as the Sensor
Feature-249 7.1-0 Packet Filter includes a new, high-performance stateless firewall named "Dataplane Firewall"
Improvement-248 7.1-0 The term "Software Firewall" was renamed "Netfilter Firewall" to better describe the correct backend. The term "Hardware Firewall" was renamed "Hardware Offload"
Feature-247 7.1-0 A new Route Distinguisher parameter in ExaBGP Connector
Improvement-246 7.1-0 The Rules Timeout parameter from the Filter configuration window moved to Configuration » General Settings » Anomaly Mitigation
Feature-245 7.1-0 REST API enhancements for managing Response actions
Bugfix-244 7.1-0 REST API bug fixes for thresholds
Improvement-243 7.1-0 Updates to the embedded GeoIP and ASN data
Improvement-242 7.1-0 PF_RING updated to 7.4
Improvement-241 7.1-0 Speed boost in generating PDF files
Improvement-240 7.1-0 Some visual improvements to the Azenis theme
Bugfix-239 7.0-9 Fix a rare display bug in the Latest Alarm field when using Chelsio hardware firewall
Bugfix-238 7.0-9 Fix a display bug in filtering rules archive when the ISP or country fields contain non-ASCII characters
Improvement-237 7.0-8 Optimizations in the DPDK backend engine of Packet Sensor which yield an up to 100% performance increase
Feature-236 7.0-8 New Dynamic Parameters: {anomaly_pps} and {anomaly_bps}