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

• Online help - https://help.eset.com/efs/7/en-US/ 
• Installing EFS using ESMC: https://techcenter.eset.nl/kb/articles/installing-efs-using-eset-security-management-center

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