Re: GNU Gatekeeper 3.8 is available

Hi Jan,

I was about to upgrade but couldn't find the recommended H323Plus and 
PTLib versions.

Could you suggest the most stable configuration?

Regards

Alasdair


On 05/01/2015 09:41, Jan Willamowius wrote:
> I am pleased to announce a new release of the GNU Gatekeeper,
> version 3.8, now available from http://www.gnugk.org/h323download.html.
> Please see the attached notes for details.
>
> This release includes source code suitable for (Linux, Windows, MacOS,
> FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Solaris) and executables for Linux.
>
> -- Jan
>
>
> Whats new in GnuGk 3.8 ?
>
> In response to the current wave of H.323 spam / hacking GnuGk 3.8 has a
> number of improvements to security related features and older versions
> should be updated.
>
> - endpoint IDs are now completely random and not as easily guessable
>    as they were before
>
> - GnuGk is now using better random numbers in security relevant places
>
> - new authentication modules using LUA scripts called LuaAuth
>
> - new switch [RasSrv::ARQFeatures] CheckSenderIP=1 to make sure ARQs
>    come from the same IP as the initial registration
>
> - FileIPAuth is now able to check ARQ messages
>
> - AliasAuth updated to work with H.460.18 endpoint
>
> - PrefixAuth was extended to support unregistered calls
>
> - SQLAuth can now operate on SrcInfo fields using %{SrcInfo}
>
> - improvements to the addpasswd utility for the new web interface
>
>
> Other new non-security related features include:
>
> - The CatchAll policy now rewrites the destination alias which makes it
>    easier to send CatchAll calls to MCU rooms.
>
> - You can now filter out whole capability classes, eg. all video or
>    H.239 capabilities if some of your endpoints have trouble handling
>    them
>
> - A new switch [Gatekeeper::Main] MinH323Version= lets you set the H.323
>    version GnuGk identifies itself as using (up to the latest version 7).
>    This is mainly to deal with endpoint that switch features when they
>    believe they are talking to older endpoints (which one shouldn't be
>    doing...)
>
> - a number bugs and crashes fixed
>
>
> Download from http://www.gnugk.org/h323download.html
>
>

-- 
Alasdair Ramsay
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