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2008-Mar-01

Our revamp of the NST Web User Interface (WUI) is still on going. We have added a new menu based navigation system to both the NST WUI and Web Site. We are thinking two months until the next release (which will be based on Fedora 8). Here are some of the things you may be interested in:

• We are continuing to make progress at adding extensive DOM Tooltips throughout the NST WUI (examples of some of these tool tips can be found on the header and footer bars used throughout the web site).
• We have added DOM Menu to both the NST WUI and this Web Site to simplify the navigation process.
• A development release of the NST WUI is available for installation. If you have a 1.5.0 release of the NST you can update it's NST WUI (from the NST WUI index page, go to the 'NST WUI Update Management' link in the 'Downloads & Updates' row of the 'System' table).
• We have found ourselves making more and more use of JavaScript in our development. We've found that having the ability to turn on a 'JavaScript Console' at the bottom of any page under development to be particularily useful (try clicking on the JC icon at the bottom of this page as an example). It allows us to perform diagnostic tests in a consistent manner regardless of what browser we are currently testing. Use the "Tools" => "JavaScript" => "Browser JavaScript Information" page for additional information.

2007-Nov-13

Our revamp of the NST Web User Interface (WUI) is taking a long time (We are greatly enhancing the documentation via the use of DOM Tooltips). We still don't have an estimate for the next release (which will be based on Fedora 7), but we have had several users build there own ISO images via notes found on the: "NST Wiki".

2007-May-30

There have been two NST development tracks currently underway over the last few months:

1. Enhancements to the NST WUI which is complete.
2. Porting NST to FC6 which is now almost complete.

2007-May-30

A new stable update for the NST WUI management interface is now available for the NST v1.5.0 release. This update includes many enhancements to the Network Packet Capture Interface and bug fixes to the NST WUI. See the README associated with the update for further details. Use the "System" => "NST WUI Update Management" page for installation.

2007-Mar-15

A stable update for the NST WUI management interface is now available for the NST v1.5.0 release. This update include many enhancements and bug fixes to the NST WUI. See the README associated with the update for further details. Use the "System" => "NST WUI Update Management" page for installation.

2007-Feb-25

We have just added an NST Wiki site. NST users please feel free to setup an account and share your experiences, advice and/or interesting topics associated with the NST distribution.

2007-Feb-23

The shell services at SourceForge have been down for the past 11 days. Unfortunately this occurred right in the middle of the NST 1.5.0 release. While we have been unable to update the web server during this time period, we were able to upload the files associated with the 1.5.0 release. These files, as many of you have already discovered, have been available for the past 11 days. We will finalize the release today by updating the on-line documentation files at the web server (what you are reading now).

2007-Feb-12

We are pleased to announce the latest NST release: "v1.5.0". This release is based on Fedora Core 5 using the Linux Kernel: "2.6.18-1.2257.fc5". Here are some of the highlights for this release:

• The NST Web User Interface (WUI), has been greatly enhanced and cleaned up. Some note worthy enhancements include:
  • Extensive additions to managing and analyzing network packet captures. This includes packet capture uploading to a probe and comprehensive HTML reports generated from PDML output.
  • The ability to setup and manage printers (you can easily turn a NST system into print server). This was accomplished by adding a CUPS Management NST WUI page.
  • The ability to easily mount many different supported file system types.
  • The ability to manage the NST as a file server (both NFS and CIFS).
  • The ability to upload files to the NST system.
  • The ability to edit All ASCII files on the NST probe.
• The addition of the Inprotect package (a Nessus manager), the nstinprotect supporting script and a WUI front end to help walk one through the setup. A new article: "Inprotect Setup Guide", will help guide you through the Inprotect setup process.
• The addition of the Zabbix package (another network resource monitoring tool - similar to Nagios), the nstzabbix supporting script and a WUI front end to help walk one through the setup.
• We transitioned from Fedora Core 4 to Fedora Core 5 as the underlying base of the NST.
• As always, most networking and security applications included have been updated to their latest version (See the "Change Log" for individual package updates).

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