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Jul 16 2019

Release Announcement: ESET File Security for Linux v7.0.1152

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Release details:

Release date: 16 July 2019

Product: ESET File Security for Linux

Version: 7.0.1152

Type: Major Release

Availability: Global

What’s new (high level vs. v4.5):

Everything, but in particular:

  • In-kernel on-access scanner 
  • Micro-services architecture
  • Native 64-bit architecture
  • Self-restart of daemons
  • Parallel on-demand scans
  • Noexec /tmp support
  • Automated deployment support (Puppet, Ansible, etc.) – silent installation
  • Full LiveGrid support
  • Exclusions by file or path
  • Exclusions by threat or hash
  • Ability to define dynamically to scan local drives, network drives or removable media 
  • Preserve last access timestamp during the scan
  • Run background on-demand scans with low priority
  • Remote file scanning using ICAP protocol 
  • Remote scanning of Dell EMC Isilon NAS Scanning in a file server role
  • SELinux support
  • Set of 2 different update servers
  • Pre-release module update 
  • Delayed module updates
  • Module Rollback
  • Real-time React/Node.js HTML5 Web interface 
  • Translations support
  • Consistent settings in product and ESMC management console (use of config engine)
  • Command-line utilities for user interaction
  • Shared Local Cache support 
  • Activation via License key
  • Activation via an offline file
  • Activation via Management console 
  • Subscription license support (with a known issue)
  • And many many more…

 

Known issues in release version:

  • File Security for Linux is not available within "Install package on Repository" in software install task in ESMC. It's, however, possible to install using Install by direct package URL ( https://download.eset.com/com/eset/apps/business/efs/linux/v7/latest/efs.x86_64.bin). It will be solved with the release of Security Management Center 7.1
  • Quarantine screen is not localized in other languages than English
  • Activation with Subscription license will activate the product, however product is reporting to GUI and ESMC "License expired" and the expiration date is "-". Modules are updated properly.
  • “Enable more frequent updates of detection signatures” is not working
  • “Log all objects” setting does not work

 

Supported Linux distributions:

  • RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 64-bit
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 64-bit
  • CentOS 6 64-bit
  • CentOS 7 64-bit
  • Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS 64-bit
  • Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS 64-bit 
  • Debian 9 64-bit
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 64-bit
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 64-bit

 

Supported languages:

  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Spanish - Latin
  • Japanese
  • Polish

 

Works with ESET Products:

  • ESET Security Management Center 7.0
  • ESET Security Management Center Agent 7.1.367 (Component upgrade task)

 

Documentations

 

Builds can be download directly from web:

Sha1 for verification:

  • 302097c37cefd7f92f7a483daecea793c8ee4ee2  Agent-Linux-x86_64.sh
  • ad70ef8ce456967b0085c209e174db813518aed3  efs.x86_64.bin
    • 292d44182b9cc6056d6fdb2874cd50d468bc4e47 efs-7.0.1152.0.x86_64.deb
    • 3ca913cf5015a7e82018408e99fc1f2cfcfc9784 efs-7.0.1152.0.x86_64.rpm

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