ConfigServer Services Blog

New cxs v12.02

Changes:

  • Fixed issue using +/- in –options causing the UI wizard to fail
  • Fixed issue with –cgi depending on the directory location of the ModSecurity SecTmpDir setting

New cxs v12.01

Changes:

  • Indepth performance profiling and code review
  • Performance improvements to scanning code can now reduce overall scan times by up to 20%-80% depending on type and amount of data scanned
  • Improvements the the Universal Decoder including base64 mapping and significant performance improvements
  • The option –voptions [] has been removed as it provided little performance benefit with reduced efficacy
  • Improved plesk user detection based on the hosting and sys_user tables in the psa D/B
  • Updated documentation
  • NOTICE: We are deprecating support for Virtuozzo/OpenVZ servers. Future releases will not take into consideration those platforms which have become onerous to support. The software application may continue to work but support and functionality is no longer guaranteed

New cmm v2.07

Changes:

  • Ensure UI errors are displayed in browser to avoid blank pages
  • Fixed issue where mail accounts were not being displayed if there was no quota file (i.e. all accounts have always been unlimited)

New OSM v1.24

Changes:

  • Added hostname to osm report email Subject
  • Fixed issue where csf IP blocks within report UI were not being actioned
  • Fixed issue with Report UI html output formatting
  • Fixed issue with existing firewall IP blocks not being identified in Report UI

New csf v14.02

Changes:

  • Added new BETA TESTING option: MESSENGERV3. This provides the MESSENGER service utilising the local webserver. It currently supports Apache v2.4+ and Litespeed/Openlitespeed. As the first iteration this likely contains bugs and may not be suitable for production environments. See csf.conf and readme.txt for more information
  • Changed Country Code Lookup source to ipdeny.com
  • Added CC_ALLOW_SMTPAUTH to all configurations for the benefit of servers other than cPanel running Exim
  • Modify CC_ALLOW_FILTER to allow RELATED, ESTABLISHED connections through so that outgoing connection replies from remote sites not in CC_ALLOW_FILTER are accepted
  • Added a note in csf.conf regarding MESSENGER_CHILDREN, that consideration needs to be made for local images displayed on the page. The default has also been increased to 20 for new installations Modifications to MESSENGER server to speed up connection response time and improve stability
  • Modifications to LFD UI and CLUSTER server to improve stability
  • Added SUDO login alerts: LF_SUDO_EMAIL_ALERT. This will send an email alert using the sudoalert.txt template whenever there is a failed or successful SUDO connection. SUDO_LOG must be set to the correct log file. LF_SUDO_EMAIL_ALERT is disabled by default
  • Added new entry in csf.pignore on cPanel servers for v86+:
    exe:/usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-hibernate
  • Added Server Check for EOL PHP v7.1
  • Removed cPanel update checks from the Server Report now that the options are no longer available in cPanel v86+
  • NOTICE: We are deprecating support for Virtuozzo/OpenVZ servers. Future releases will not take into consideration those platforms which have become onerous to support. The software application may continue to work but support and functionality is no longer guaranteed

New csf v14.01

Changes:

  • Changed mailman listings in csf.pignore on cPanel servers to cater for changes in python versions in RHEL v6/7 and 8
  • Fixed issue with CC_ALLOW_FILTER when not using IPSET but using SAFECHAINUPDATE would cause the new chain to be created in the wrong place by lfd when the zone is retrieved/updated
  • Fixed issue when using CC_ALLOW_FILTER with IPSET enabled not adding the final DROP rule in lfd
  • Further modifications to support RHEL/CentOS v8
  • Fixed issues with MESSENGER and CLUSTER server listeners terminating prematurely

New csf v14.00

Changes:

  • Added alternative database for Country Code Lists and Settings. These do not currently require logins/keys and in some cases are better optimised. A new setting CC_SRC allows switching between sources. For new installations these new sources are used. Existing installations are configured to continue to use the MaxMind databases. See the “Country Code Lists and Settings” section in /etc/csf/csf.conf for detailed information
  • Added binary locations for CURL and WGET which will be tried if data retrieval fails when using the LWP perl module, e.g. on outdated OS’s
  • Added new option for URLGET setting “3”. This allow the use of either CURL or WGET instead of the perl modules