Mikrotik 5.0beta1 Released

The updates are thus:

*) updated drivers and kernel (to linux-2.6.32.5);
Terrific!

*) ssh is now completely rewritten (supports connection forwarding, only DSA keys);
Sounds like fun. I hope they retained the ability to do ssh tunneling through the MTK.

*) added support for SSTP protocol (PPP over TLS);
This is the SSL VPN we’ve all been waiting for…thankfully they are dumping OpenVPN. A little extra info can be found here on SSTP.

*) added support for multiple Intel Ethernet cards;
*) added support for IPv6 over PPP
(enabled by default if ipv6 package is installed),
link-local addresses are assigned, and server can issue IPv6 global prefixes
to clients per ppp secret or RADIUS reply (Framed-IPv6-Prefix);
*) added proper support for MPLS over PPP (by default it is now disabled);
*) fixed RB800 temperature;
*) silentboot feature updated;
*) WinBox – any file dropped on WinBox will be uploaded to router;
*) multicast – fixed possible crash during PIM startup;
*) report platform name in “/sysrem resource”;
This feature I like.

*) fixed problem – vlans were not working on RB750 ether1;
This is a big one!

*) fixed mac address handling on RB750, some specific arp requests did not work;
Another big one!

*) more than two dns servers allowed in /ip dns;
*) sniffer and torch could process packet from other interfaces;
*) ospf – fixed DR and BDR election;
*) ospf – changed “/routing ospf route” to show type 2 metric instead of
internal metric for type 2 external routes;
I don’t mean to brag, but I found this one…and I’m totally awesome.

*) added IPv6 support to trafflow (v9 only);
*) rewritten user-manager (formerly known as userman-test);
I’m excited about this one, as I’ve used usermanager a good bit as of late.

Change log is here.