PacketFence 3.4.0 Released - Open Source network access control (NAC) solution

PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, Free and Open Source network access control (NAC) solution. Boasting an impressive feature set including a captive-portal for registration and remediation, centralized wired and wireless management, 802.1X support, layer-2 isolation of problematic devices, integration with the Snort IDS and the Nessus vulnerability scanner; PacketFence can be used to effectively secure networks – from small to very large heterogeneous networks.

Official change log for PacketFence 3.4.0:

Security:

Fixed a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Web Admin guest management (#1454)
New Hardware Support:
H3C S5120 series supports MAC-Authentication and 802.1X with or without VoIP
Added Role support for all Cisco Wireless (WLC) models
Brocade 6400 series supports MAC-Authentication and 802.1X with or without VoIP
Brocade RF Switches support (Wireless controller

New Features:

Debian packages (#1066, #1067, #1463)
Support for up to 100 custom VLANs (Defaults to 5 see relevant FAQ entry to enable more)
Node bulk importation now allow you to define default values for pid, category and voip in pf.conf
New graphics showing bandwidth consumed by os class and the top 25 bandwidth consumers

Enhancements:

Minor refactoring and cleanup
Debian support: arp binary location now configurable ([services].arp_binary)
Log the switch IP when a trap is skipped due to a dynamic uplink fetch not working
Performance improvements by reducing the number of forked process (mostly beneficial to pfdhcplistener)
Captive portal supports being behind an HTTP-based load balancer (see captive_portal.loadbalancers_ip config

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