perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

["Roderick Mooi" <>]

Hi

Just upgraded two of my servers and looking good so far (test are running 
;)). Some quirks though:
1. reboot after upgrading (this may be obvious but if you don't it's 
unhappy...)
2. toolkit/gui/psTracerouteViewer/index.cgi:
Software error:
Cannot determine local time zone
~]$ date
Wed Feb  5 14:16:18 SAST 2014

Things I like:
1. The security improvements: iptables, fail2ban and NTP vulnerability fix - 
great work!
2. bwctl got updated to v1.5.1. - hopefully that will make some of my 
previous problems disappear...

Thanks!

Roderick

>>> On 2014-02-03 at 22:25, Andrew Lake 
>>> <>
>>>  wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> A new version of the perfSONAR-PS Toolkit is now available. perfSONAR-PS 
> Toolkit v3.3.2 is primarily a bug fix release with a few new 
> security-related 
> enhancments. Full release notes are available here:  
> http://psps.perfsonar.net/toolkit/releasenotes/pspt-3_3_2.html 
> 
> Notable additions this release are the following security updates:
> - The Toolkit now installs a default set of iptables rules. For a full list 
> of details including the allowed ports see the release notes. If you are 
> already running iptables, you may need to manually add back some rules from 
> an automatic backup the update will create.
> - We have included the package fail2ban by default which will log 
> suspicious 
> activity such as brute force attempts to gain SSH access to a host
> - We have updated the default NTP configuration to prevent amplification 
> attacks. This automatically adds configuration changes detailed by Jason 
> Zurawski in his January 9, 2014 email to the perfsonar users lists 
> detailing 
> this issue.
> 
> Those upgrading from a previous version of the NetInstall (including 3.3.2 
> release candidates) may run 'yum update' to get the latest changes. For 
> first-time NetInstall users, LiveCD users, and LiveUSB users disc images 
> may 
> be downloaded at the following link: 
> http://software.internet2.edu/pS-Performance_Toolkit/ 
> 
> Full installation and configuration instructions can be found here: 
> http://code.google.com/p/perfsonar-ps/wiki/pSPerformanceToolkit33 
> 
> As a reminder, we are dropping support for versions older than perfSONAR-PS 
> Toolkit 3.3 on March 28, 2014. It is highly recommended you upgrade to the 
> latest version of the Toolkit before then. Special instructions for 
> upgrading 
> from 3.2.2(or older) to version 3.3.X can be found at the following link 
> since the migration from CentOS 5 to CentOS 6 requires additional steps: 
> http://code.google.com/p/perfsonar-ps/wiki/pSPerformanceToolkit33UpgradeGuide
>  
> 
> Please let us know if you have any questions and we look forward to 
> everyone's continued feedback and support!
> 
> Thank you,
> The perfSONAR-PS Development Team
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