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2010-03-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Vyatta 6.0 |
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Vyatta has announced the release of Vyatta 6.0, a Debian-based distribution for firewalls and routers: "Vyatta today announced Vyatta 6.0, the latest release of the company's open network operating system containing complete routing and network security software. Vyatta version 6.0 includes the new Vyatta Remote Access API which enables customers to control Vyatta systems using in-house and third-party network management and provisioning systems. This version of Vyatta includes more than 30 enhancements for both the Vyatta Core and Vyatta Subscription edition, and introduces the first Vyatta Plus enhanced services. The Vyatta Remote Access API dramatically simplifies network management for large deployments of Vyatta systems within enterprises and cloud-based service providers." Read the full press release and download the detailed release notes (in PDF format) for further information. Download (MD5): vyatta-livecd_VC6.0_i386.iso (158MB).
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About Vyatta
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Vyatta software is a complete, ready-to-use, Debian-based distribution that is designed to transform standard x86 hardware into an enterprise-class router / firewall. Vyatta software includes support for commonly used network interfaces, and industry-standard routing protocols and management protocols. Unlike previous open-source routing projects, all these features are configurable via a single command-line interface (CLI) or web-based graphical user interface (GUI). Vyatta software is available as a free Community Edition as well as tiered Software Subscriptions that include maintenance, upgrades and support.
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Vyatta Summary |
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Vyatta |
Home Page |
http://www.vyatta.org/ |
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User Forums |
http://www.vyatta.org/forum/ |
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Documentation |
http://www.vyatta.org/documentation |
Screenshots |
http://www.vyatta.com/products/demo.php |
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Download Mirrors |
http://www.vyatta.org/downloads • DistroWatch Torrent Archive |
Bug Tracker |
http://bugzilla.vyatta.com/ |
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Reviews |
4.0: Linux.com
3.0: Linuxoid (Russian)
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Recent Related News and Releases |
2012-11-20 |
Distribution Release: Vyatta 6.5 |
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Stephen Harpster has announced the release of Vyatta 6.5, an updated version of the project's specialist distribution for firewalls and routers: "I'm pleased to announce that Vyatta Core (VC) release 6.5 is now available for download. Release 6.5 of the Vyatta Network OS adds significant enhancements including: support for Microsoft Hyper-V; Policy-Based Routing (PBR) which allows incoming packets to be forwarded based on policies, rather than just on the destination address; Virtual Tunnel Interface (VTI) which is a way to represent policy-based IPsec tunnels as virtual interfaces; BGP Multipath enables the installation of multiple BGP paths to a destination into the IP routing table; IPsec support for IPv6 using Internet key management protocol IKEv1; the VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) operational mode commands have been modified to improve usability...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download (MD5): vyatta-livecd_VC6.5R1_i386.iso (213MB), vyatta-livecd_VC6.5R1_amd64.iso (223MB). |
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2012-05-05 |
Distribution Release: Vyatta 6.4 |
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Mohit Mehta has announced the release of Vyatta 6.4, a Debian-based specialist distribution for firewalls and routers: "I'm pleased to announce that Vyatta Core (VC) release 6.4 is now available for download. Release 6.4 of the Vyatta Network OS adds significant enhancements in areas of GUI, upgradability and virtual deployments, and numerous improvements in areas of firewall, NAT, connection tracking, connection syncing along with CLI and op-mode enhancements. These include: a graphical dashboard - a central point for managing single Vyatta system and panelled overview of resource usage, system info, interfaces, routing, security, services, management; a graphical statistics tab - real-time statistics for interfaces, memory, CPU; upgrade improvements for bare-metal and virtual installations - single command for system upgrade...." Read the release announcement and release notes (PDF) for a detailed list of all changes and new features. Download (MD5): vyatta-livecd_VC6.4_i386.iso (206MB), vyatta-livecd_VC6.4_amd64.iso (215MB).
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2011-08-24 |
Distribution Release: Vyatta 6.3 |
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Tom McCafferty has announced the release of Vyatta 6.3, a Debian-based Linux distribution for firewalls: "I'm pleased to announce that Vyatta Core (VC) release 6.3 is now available for download. Vyatta 6.3 features significant enhancements to streamline management, increase security, and improve reliability in the areas of upgrade, IPS, VPN, and overall base system, plus package updates, experimental 64-bit and more: integrated Broadcom Gigabit and 10Gigabit Ethernet controller drivers; pre-defined IPS policies - 'Connectivity', 'Security', 'Balanced'; new configuration subdirectory structure to preserve state during image upgrade; new CLI commands for simplifying file management tasks; optimizations to configure backend performance, efficiency and robustness; enhancements to IPsecVPN management...." See the release announcement and release notes (PDF format) for further details. Download (MD5): vyatta-livecd_VC6.3_i386.iso (194MB), vyatta-livecd_VC6.3_amd64.iso (202MB).
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2011-03-14 |
Distribution Release: Vyatta 6.2 |
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Tom McCafferty has announced the release of Vyatta 6.2, an updated version of the Debian-based distribution for firewalls and routers: "I'm pleased to announce that Vyatta version 6.2 has completed verification and is now available for download. Vyatta 6.2 features package updates and major improvements to usability, quality and stability, including improved configuration management, OpenVPN enhancements, IPv6 DNS resolver and re-base to Debian 6.0 'Squeeze'. Significant branch maintenance was done by the Vyatta engineering team, including the following package updates: iptables 1.4.9, ipset 4.3, pmacct 0.12.3, Net-SNMP 5.6, ntpd, 4.2.6p2, BusyBox 1.18.0, Open VM Tools, 8.4.2, vbash 4.1." Read the release announcement and release notes (PDF format) for further information. Download (MD5): vyatta-livecd_VC6.2_i386.iso (190MB).
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2010-08-24 |
Distribution Release: Vyatta 6.1 |
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Tom McCafferty has announced the release of Vyatta 6.1, a new version of the Debian-based distribution for firewalls are routers: "Vyatta, the leader in open networking and network virtualization, today announced Vyatta 6.1, the latest release of the company's open network OS encompassing enterprise-class routing and network security. With several key advances including IPv6 certification, cloud-specific features and enhanced security, Vyatta continues to expand the applicability of software-based networking across physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures. Vyatta 6.1 has received IPv6 Ready Logo Phase 2 certification, verifying the implementation of IPv6 core routing protocols. For cloud providers and enterprises moving applications or servers to the cloud, Layer 2 cloud bridging allows physically separate networks to securely communicate with each other over the internet as if they were on a single Ethernet network." Read the complete release announcement for further information. Download: vyatta-livecd_VC6.1_i386.iso (160MB).
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2009-03-10 |
Distribution Release: Vyatta 5.0.2 |
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Dave Roberts has announced the release of Vyatta 5.0.2, a complete, ready-to-use, Debian-based distribution that is designed to transform standard x86 hardware into an enterprise-class router or firewall: "I'm pleased to announce that Vyatta Community 5 has officially been released." From the release notes: "New in this release: introduced the first phase of a redesigned web GUI interface for interacting with the Vyatta system. In this initial phase; added support for OpenVPN; implemented support for intrusion protection system (IPS) and traffic filtering based on inspection of traffic content; Vyatta can be now configured to act as a web proxy server for web caching and URL filtering; included support for DNS forwarding; introduced support for Dynamic DNS; included the open-vm-tools library to provide enhanced performance in VMware environments...." See the release announcement and release notes (in PDF format) for a detailed list of new features. Download (MD5): vyatta-livecd-vc5.0.2.iso (165MB, torrent).
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2008-04-21 |
Distribution Release: Vyatta 4.0 |
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Vyatta has announced the release of Vyatta Community Edition 4, a Debian-based firewall distribution: "Vyatta today announced Vyatta Community Edition 4 (VC4), the latest release of its reliable, commercially supported open-source network operating system." Some of the new features include: "Improved scalability - VC4 now scales from DSL to 10 GB Ethernet environments; new routing technology for improved performance; designed to accommodate an ever-increasing number of applications and functionality extensions; adds remote access VPN, QoS, role-based access control, and the new FusionCLI management interface; provides support for PPPoE and dynamic interface IP addresses, and WAN load balancing." Read the complete press release for more details. Download: vyatta-livecd-vc4.iso (132MB).
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2007-10-30 |
Distribution Release: Vyatta 3.0 |
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Dave Roberts has announced the release of Vyatta 3.0 Community edition, a specialist, Debian-based distribution for routers and firewalls: "Vyatta today announced the latest release of its open-source networking software. The Vyatta software combines router, firewall, and VPN capabilities into an integrated solution that delivers twice the performance of proprietary network solutions at half the price. As the third major release, Vyatta Community Edition 3 adds a number of changes and enhancements, including: IPSec VPN - Vyatta now supports dedicated site-to-site (branch-to-branch or branch-to-HQ) virtual private networking and supports the most widely used cryptographic algorithms. Multi-link PPP (MLPPP) - MLPPP allows customers to increase WAN bandwidth by using multiple low-speed circuits. BGP scaling and security enhancements - improved BGP scaling provides faster routing convergence with many peers." Read the full press release for more details. Download: vyatta-livecd-vc3.iso (121MB).
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