InProtect 0.80.0 Beta Released!

So we have *finally* managed to get the 0.80.0 Beta out the door, unfortunately the new packaged does not include any of the new info for the install or upgrade (there are twelve of us working on this). I'll be covering some of these topics in follow up articles over the next day or so.

Get the InProtect 0.80.0 Beta Here!

For now, let's talk about some of the major changes that we have incorporated into this version.

Gui:

• Completely revamped menu system, access control driven.
• User customizable dashboard.
• Html and PDF report formats match.
• Exportable xls reports.
• Cleaned up excessive and unneeded sql queries to enhance speed.
• Role-Based permissions.
• Exception list for hosts.
• Host specific lookup capabilities.
• Cleaner interface.
  

Database:

• All passwords are encrypted using user definable cryptographic standards such as blowfish.
• Sensitive data is encrypted.
  
• Database structure modified to allow for role-based permissions.
• Database structure modified to enhance and improve large query response (including indexing).
  

Engine:

• Max server scans are now run in a single session rather than multiple individual sessions, this reduces the load on both the nessus scanner and the InProtect console server.
• Encryption and decryption functions added for sensitive data.
• Multiple unneeded queries removed to enhance performance.
• Query function creation and destruction cleaned up to enhance performance.

That is basically a quick run-through of the new features (there are more.. but these are the big ones IMHO). There are a few additional perl libraries that are not yet mentioned in the documentation contained in the 0.80.0 tarball but are required in addition too those mentioned in the documentation, I'll list them here for you.

New Perl libraries:

• Crypt::CBC
• MIME::Base64
• IO::Socket
• POSIX
• Socket

This should be some good info to get you started for now, but as I said earlier, I will be posting some additional information (detailed info) for new installs and upgrades over the next few days. I will also try to update the official wiki and FAQ with these instructions.

So, for now feel free to download and play with it, let me know what you think, I can usually be found in #inprotect on freenode.

Cheers,
JJC