NethSecurity is a fully-featured open source Linux firewall that streamlines network security deployment in just a few clicks. The project has published a new update to its 8.x series which introduces a connection tracking interface and a user account manager in the web-based interface. "New features: Connections management page: adds interface for managing active network connections tracked by conntrack. MultiWAN add sticky option in rules: introduces sticky option in MultiWAN rules for connection persistence. Great enhancements on LDAP remote database authentication: improves authentication flexibility for Active Directories and other LDAP configurations. DPI signatures for community subscriptions: provides updated DPI signatures for both community and enterprise subscriptions. Expose admin users: adds functionality to convert local users to admin and revoke admin access. Repository access add a subscription authentication proxy: enables access to subscription repository channel after system_key verification."
