Changelog for minor software releases

Code Version Text Date
Feature-249 7.1-0 Packet Filter includes a new, high-performance stateless firewall named "Dataplane Firewall"
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-251 7.1-0 Packet Filter now supports DPDK 18.11 together with all the DPDK-related features of the Packet Sensor
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-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-254 7.1-0 The DPDK Capture Engine supports any Intel CPU microarchitecture after Nehalem although it is optimized for Broadwell
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-256 7.1-1 REST API permits CORS requests from multiple origins
Improvement-257 7.1-1 New REST API call for generating PDF anomaly reports
Improvement-258 7.1-1 New REST API call for sending anomaly reports by email
Bugfix-259 7.1-2 Fix bug which prevented the DPDK-enabled Sensor to start when the TX queues are not used
Improvement-260 7.1-2 Added chrony as an alternative dependency to ntp on Debian 9 and Ubuntu 18
Bugfix-261 7.1-3 Fixed the detection of TCP flags when Packet Sensor is used with the DPDK capturing engine
Improvement-262 7.1-3 Whitelisting implemented for Flowspec announcements
Bugfix-263 7.1-4 Fix IPv6 and another fix for TCP flags detection with the DPDK capture engine
Improvement-264 7.1-5 New built-in decoders for ldap, cldap and chargen
Bugfix-265 7.1-6 Improvements to the stability of the DPDK subsystem
Bugfix-266 7.1-6 PHP 7 compatibility for the subnet calculator
Bugfix-267 7.1-6 Fix a PF_RING ZC error
Bugfix-268 7.1-7 Fix a bug affecting the correct detection of profile anomalies