The good people at Vyatta have announced the immediate availability of Vyatta version 6.1 (VC6.1)
Vyatta Version 6.1 Highlights include:
IPv6 Ready
Vyatta Version 6.1 adds IPv6 BGP, IPv6 DCHP and IPv6 SNMP and this release completed IPv6 Forum IPv6 Ready Phase 2 certification
Cloud Bridging
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.
Enhanced Security – Stateful Firewall Failover / Sourcefire VRT IPS Rules
Vyatta also continued its focused delivery on enterprise security advancements adding stateful firewall failover and enhanced intrusion prevention services through a partnership with Sourcefire.
Vyatta Version 6.1 enhancements include:
Vyatta Core 6.1
- Layer 2 Bridging / Cloud Bridging
- Stateful Firewall/NAT Failover
- LLDP – Link Layer Discovery Protocol
- QoS Input Interfaces
- Port Mirroring and Redirection
- BGP Hop Count Security
- DHCPv6
- IPv6 BGP
- IPv6 SNMP
- GTSM BGP
- More than 120 Bug Fixes
Vyatta Subscription Edition
- IPv6 Forum – IPv6 Ready Phase 2 Certification
- Configuration Replication
- Remote Access API Enhancements
- TACACS+ Enhancements
Vyatta Plus
- Vyatta Sourcefire VRT IPS Rules: Vyatta now offers the official Sourcefire/Snort VRT rule-base as a subscription service. This new add-on service allows customers to proactively protect systems by accessing updates to the Sourcefire VRT rule-base directly from Vyatta as new vulnerabilities are found.
See the full Release Notes and Reference Guides on the documentation page for more detail on each feature.
Download Vyatta Core Version 6.1 Software: http://www.vyatta.org/downloads