July 2006

New version with the following change:

• 1.84
  

Latest version supports iptables in the latest 2.6+ kernel that use xt_iptables:

• 1.81
  

New in this release:

• Added new feature to send an alert email if su is used to login from one account to another. Alerts are sent whether the
  

A few bugfixes:

• 1.76
  

Some new features and fixes:

• Added new option LF_CSF to restart csf if iptables appears to have been flushed (i.e. stopped)
• Added new option LF_SCRIPT_PERM to disable directories identified by LF_SCRIPT_ALERT – see csf.conf for more information
• Workaround to child reaper when 2 children die at the same time
• Added workaround for PT spamd false-positives

Updates and additions:

• Additions to csf.pignore
• Added new option PT_SKIP_HTTP – see csf.conf/readme.txt
• Updated readme.txt regarding unavoidable false-positives and possible mitigation

Major new feature in this release:

• Updated CLI help and readme.txt for new csf -u command from v1.63
• Changed the format of the email templates for new installations – if you want to use the new format remove /etc/csf/*.txt and then install csf
• Added mechanism to prevent multiple email/block attempts from login attacks in lfd
• Added new feature – Process Tracking. This option enables tracking of user and nobody processes and examines them for suspicious executables or open network ports. Its purpose is to identify potential exploit processes that are running on the server, even if they are obfuscated to appear as system services. If a suspicious process is found an alert email is sent with relevant information – readme.txt for details

A new release of csf+lfd with the following changes:

• Added feature to WHM UI to enable editing of the email templates
• Modified WHM UI to use fixed-width larger font for command output and edit boxes
• Added notice to install.txt and readme.txt about enabling klogd (on VPS systems in particular)
• Added autoupdates system using AUTO_UPDATES – see csf.conf for details