Ray:
Previously our students couldn¹t get to facebook by adding the s to http and
now they can. Was anything changed?
Thanks,
Linda



On 4/6/11 1:24 PM, "Ray Soucy" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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.

Linda Chaisson
Technology Coordinator
Regional School Unit 16
C/O PRHS - 1457 Maine Street
Poland, ME 04274
207-998-5400 Ext 103
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