We realize that for many of you it seems like you just upgraded, but
some of you have been running the code for over a month and have found
a bug or two.  We have a minor update available.

Feel free to apply this update using the "Software Update" tool on the
Joebox at your convince.  This is a non-critical update and can be
applied at any time.

As always, if you need help running the Software Update utility, or
encounter any problems, please give us a call: 1-888-367-6756

New packages are labeled 12.1.

Change Log:

1. A "Reinitialize Firewall" button has been added to the Firewall
options page.  This button does a forced restart of the Firewall
service (all rules are flushed and re-added) to recover from the
Firewall Engine becoming out of sync.  If you run into a situation
where using this button is the only way to "fix" your Joebox please
contact us so we can take a look at your configuration and track down
the invalid rule that is causing problems.

2. Port Forward rules with protocol "IP" weren't ignoring port fields
(causing invalid rules).   This is now fixed.

3. Open Port rules were not being applied when a Firewall policy level
of LOW was in use.  They should now be applied correctly.

4. In isolated circumstances, some traffic making use of TCP window
scaling was being marked as INVALID by connection state tracking and
being dropped by the Firewall.  This was found to be affecting less
than 1% of traffic.  This should now be fixed, as TCP window size is
no longer used to determine packet validity.

5. Minor update to SNMP to facilitate changes in Joebox monitoring by
Networkmaine.

6. Minor UI update to fix changing of static route to be applied without reboot.

7. Minor UI update to allow DHCP service to be disable if in a failed
status (e.g. enabled without a valid configuration), mostly to get rid
of the "red" status indicator for sites not using DHCP on the Joebox.

-- 
Ray Soucy

Epic Communications Specialist

Phone: +1 (207) 561-3526

Networkmaine, a Unit of the University of Maine System
http://www.networkmaine.net/