The mighty @nethbot is working always hard to keep you posted on updates:: Updates for NethServer 7.7.1908
But this time I would like to highlight a couple of features released few days ago.
It’s been an hard work, kudos to everyone who joined the effort, special thanks to @andre8244, @edoardo_spadoni, @stephdl, @davidep!
Threat shield
This module manages free and commercial blacklists by blocking all the traffic from/to a list of IPs.
You can:
- enable specific blacklist categories
- search for blocked IPs
- see blocking reports using Dante
Dashboard:
Configuration:
Check out more at:
- https://docs.nethserver.org/en/v7/blacklist.html
- https://docs.nethserver.org/projects/nethserver-devel/en/latest/nethserver-blacklist.html#setup-a-blacklist-server
And if you want high quality blacklists you can become Nethesis partner 
Self-service password page
You can now expose a page for password change to port 443 (HTTPS), and keep port 9090 (Cockpit) private!
Enable it from the Settings page (remember to enable Override the shell of users option, first!):
Login user page:
After login (yes, the user can setup its own 2FA!):
More info at: https://docs.nethserver.org/en/v7/base_system2.html#user-settings-page
SSH access policy
If the Override the shell of users option is enabled, you can also create advanced SSH policies:
More info at: https://docs.nethserver.org/en/v7/base_system2.html#ssh-section
Disaster recovery without network
Ever wanted to move a machine from a VPS provider to another? Well, you may have faced the problem: after restoring the machine has a wrong network configuration and can’t be reached any more.
You can now restore a configuration backup wile preserving current network configuration:
More info at: https://docs.nethserver.org/en/v7/disaster_recovery.html#skip-network-restore
