Improvements for Panda GateDefender Performa SB


Improvements incorporated in the upgrade from version 4.00.00.0000 to version 4.00.50.0000 of Panda GateDefender Performa SB:

Improvements implemented in HotFix Pack 4

HOTFIX PACK 4.00.00.0100

Improvements implemented in HotFix Pack 4.00.00.0100

 

The HFPack 100 is the first Hotfix Pack associated to version 4.00.00.

 

It includes the following changes:

v      Fixed problem with internal timeout when dealing with email connections (IMAP).

Corresponds to individual HF: 4.00.00.0001

v      Fixed problem when rotating the /var/log files.

Corresponds to individual HF: 4.00.00.0002

v      Fixed stats_manager memory leak, creating this process to restarts.

Corresponds to individual HF: 4.00.00.0003

v      Fixed ampd (engine process) problems that was creating the reboots in the process and in some cases, of the appliance.

Corresponds to individual HF: 4.00.00.0008

v      Included drivers for network card in Sun X2270 (some of the Performa 9100). 

v      Included drivers for new Nexcom 9100 and 9500 Performa based appliances.

 

HOTFIX PACK 4.00.00.0200

Symptoms

  • Connection delays in SMTP traffic, due to problems in the DNSBL process. Corresponds to individual HF 403, of version 3.02.00.
  • Inability to import trusted sites in DOS format. Corresponds to individual HF 407, of version 3.02.00.
  • System reboots when forwarding server is configured. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0006.
  • Fixed alerts pointing to a wrong link in the Status screen. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0007.
  • Fixed some language errors in console:
    • Explicit proxy configuration (Japanese)
    • Wrong link to suggestions mailbox (Japanese and Italian)
    • Wrong link in the Help screen, in the anti-spam configuration (all languages)
    • Wrong link in the Help screen, in the profile list of appliances (all languages)
    • Wrong link in the Help screen, in the profile section, associate configuration to other appliances (all languages)
    • Wrong link in the Help screen, in the tools section, statistics  (all languages)
  • Error importing configuration from version 3.02, when client has customized some alert texts. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0102.
  • Random traffic cuts. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0103.
  • Commtouch cache integration check was not working as expected, generating cores and stability problems. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0106.
  • Upgrade of the Commtouch engine to version 7.03.00.0044 to prevent cache corruption.
  • Minor internal fixes.
  • Bug fixes and improvements included in HFPack 100.

 

 

HOTFIX PACK 4.00.00.0300

Symptoms

  • Fixed problem with the network cards in the new 9500 Nexcom models. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0150 and 4.00.00.0218
  • Fixed LCD problem for the 9100 and 9500 Nexcom models. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0201
  • Fixed problem when working with ActiveDirectory. It was affecting the upload of LDAP groups in a particular profile configuration. The console was not showing these groups/users. This fix corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0202
  • Solved timeout when accessing certain URLs and specifying the port, using explicit proxy. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0203
  • Improved synchronization problem when working with two or more appliances. Corresponds to HF 4.00.00.0204
  • Solved several http slowdown problems when the appliance resources where busy (high CPU utilization, anti-spam engine update, etc.). Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0205
  • Fixed a specific slowdown problem (http proxy running at 100%) when navigating by improving the use of shared memory in the appliance. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0206
  • Amended functionality that was generating some email messages with the same MAILFROM and MAILTO: root@gd.gd.domain to be delivered to mail servers. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0208
  • Fixed bug that was repeating an address in the top10 spam recipients. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0209
  • Fixed authentication problem when using capital letters in the credentials. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0211
  • Fixed network problem to access servers in a different LAN when crossing the Panda GateDefender Performa. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0212
  • Fixed bug that caused the tagged traffic through a VLAN not to be analyzed. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0213
  • Fixed navigation problem to access some web pages when the MTU parameter of the Panda GateDefender Performa is changed. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0214
  • Solved logging problem (http.log) that was generating the CPU to reach 100% and thus slowing down the appliance performance. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0215
  • Solved unexpected reboots due to ampd process reload. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0216
  • Improved HTTP traffic management to avoid punctual navigation slowdown problems. Corresponds to individual HF 4.00.00.0217
  • Improved antimalware engine (leaks) and process management (anti-spam and Web filtering modules) Connection delays in SMTP traffic, due to problems in the DNSBL process. Corresponds to individual HF 403, of version 3.02.00.
  • Bug fixes and improvements included in HFPack 200.

 

4.00.50.0000

Symptoms

  • Users could not enter internal domains starting with a number.
  • The solution didn’t support Sun X4140 hardware with AMD Opteron 2427.
  • Explicit proxy authentication failed if the password had special characters in it.
  • HTTP traffic interruptions when the authentication server was enabled and Web filtering was also enabled with the action ‘Do not block’ (monitoring).
  • Unexpected restarts in appliances in load balancing mode with IM/P2P/VoIP filtering enabled.
  • LDAP errors resolving profiles whose IDs had non-ASCII characters.
  • Appliance restarts due to problems in the interception module.
  • The "Subject" field in the activity report emails was wrongly encoded.
  • The number of established connections was incorrectly displayed.
  • System problems (ampd cores) due to the presence of an unexpected character in the sender field (the '@' symbol appeared multiple times).
  • Problems handling users whose names exceeded 25 characters or contained slashes or UTF8 characters.
  • Error inserting BATV tags.
  • Problem importing settings from version 4.00.00.
  • Bug fixes and improvements included in HFPacks 100, 200 and 300.