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| 2026-07-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: NethSecurity 8.8.0 |
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Davide Marini has announced the release of NethSecurity 8.8.0, a major update of the project's OpenWRT-based firewall distribution, with MultiWAN, deep packet inspection, VPNs and threat protection features. It is designed primarily for small and medium-sized businesses: "We are pleased to announce the release of NethSecurity 8.8.0. This version is a major platform update: NethSecurity 8.8.0 is based on OpenWrt 25.12.5, while version 8.7.2 was based on 24.10.5. The rebase introduces significant updates to the system, kernel, main networking and VPN components, as well as numerous security fixes. NethSecurity 8.8.0 introduces a major update to the system base; this includes: update of the Linux kernel to version 6.12; update of many system and networking components; switch from the opkg package manager to the new apk package manager; update of OpenVPN to version 2.7.4; update of IPsec/strongSwan to version 6.0.3; numerous vulnerabilities fixed in base components, the kernel, network services and system libraries; general improvements in stability, compatibility and hardware support. The new package manager is one of the most relevant changes: apk replaces opkg as the package management system." See the release announcement for a complete list of changes and screenshots. Download: nethsecurity-8.8.0-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi.img.gz (83MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| About NethSecurity
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| NethSecurity is a full-featured open-source Linux firewall that streamlines network security deployment in just a few clicks. NethSecurity is a spin-off of the NethServer project. It combines multiple security features into a single platform including firewalling, intrusion detection and prevention, antivirus, multi-WAN, DNS and content filtering.
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| 2024-11-04 |
Distribution Release: NethSecurity 8.3 |
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The NethSecurity team have launched a new update to the project's 8.x series. NethSecurity 8.3 features new monitoring tools, centralized update management, and easy access to options which help prevent bruteforce attacks. "We are excited to announce the release of NethSecurity project milestone 8.3 with image version 8-23.05.5-ns.1.3.0. This release focuses on new features for subscriptions and improved user experience. NethSecurity 8.3 brings several new features and improvements. Centralized unit update management - from the controller, it is now possible to update the unit seamlessly (packages and/or image); real-time monitoring page - a comprehensive dashboard for NethSecurity monitoring has been created; historical monitoring allows the user to see how the firewall is behaving from the NethSecurity Controller, please note that a subscription is required for this feature; improved Threat Shield UI - local block list, logging and brute force protection settings are now exposed in the Threat Shield page; added protection against brute force attacks on the web interface; a new NAT helper configuration page has been added." A complete list of new features is available in the release announcement. Download: nethsecurity-8-23.05.5-ns.1.3.0-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi.img.gz (52MB, SHA256, pkglist). |
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| 2024-07-08 |
Distribution Release: NethSecurity 8.1 |
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NethSecurity is a fully-featured open source Linux firewall that streamlines network security deployment in just a few clicks. The project has published a new update to its 8.x series which introduces a connection tracking interface and a user account manager in the web-based interface. "New features: Connections management page: adds interface for managing active network connections tracked by conntrack. MultiWAN add sticky option in rules: introduces sticky option in MultiWAN rules for connection persistence. Great enhancements on LDAP remote database authentication: improves authentication flexibility for Active Directories and other LDAP configurations. DPI signatures for community subscriptions: provides updated DPI signatures for both community and enterprise subscriptions. Expose admin users: adds functionality to convert local users to admin and revoke admin access. Repository access add a subscription authentication proxy: enables access to subscription repository channel after system_key verification." Additional details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: nethsecurity-8-23.05.3-ns.1.1.0-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi.img.gz (52MB, SHA256). |
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| 2024-05-29 |
Distribution Release: NethSecurity 8.0 |
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NethSecurity is an open sourcem Linux-based firewall which is a spin-off of the NethServer project. NethSecurity's first release is labelled version 8.0 and the release announcement highlights key features: "Threat Shield Panel: It keeps you safe by blocking attacks from known malicious IP addresses. These addresses are compiled into blocklists, each with a clear name that tells you its purpose and who maintains it. The confidence score is a value from 1 to 10 that indicates the quality of the list. Modernized login experience: Enjoy a redesigned login screen. Certificate and reverse proxy management: Navigate a dedicated page for easy management of certificates and reverse proxy settings. The import process for both configurations has been significantly improved. Now, you can also use DNS verification to request Let’s Encrypt certificates, supporting wildcard certificates. Firewall rules configuration: Added a new page for configuring firewall rules, offering enhanced control. Users are encouraged to use this page for compatibility and optimal performance." Download: nethsecurity-8-23.05.3-ns.1.0.0-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi.img.gz (52MB, pkglist). |
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