Farsight's Advanced Exchange Access: 1.2.0 Release Notes

Introduction

This article discusses the new features in Farsight’s latest release of theAdvanced Exchange Access (AXA) toolkit, version

1.2.0

.

For background on Farsight Security’s Security Information Exchange (SIE) and AXA itself,it is recommended that you be comfortable with the material in the followingFarsight Security Blog articles:

• Farsight’s Advanced Exchange Access, Part 1 of 3
• Farsight’s Advanced Exchange Access, Part 2 of 3
• Farsight’s Advanced Exchange Access, Part 3 of 3

Bug Fixes and New Features

The following new features and bug fixes are available in AXA

1.2.0

whichis available here and here.

• Add command status: Added a status command to retrieve current connection details. Example:

sra> connect tls:

• we added support for DNS Errorsand NXD Channels via

• Add support for new channels: In

1.2.0

etc/fields

• .
• Add pidfile support for

sratunnel

• : We addedan option to

sratunnel

• to allow the user to specify a pidfile. Thisallows for easy management of daemonized

sratunnel

• processes.
• Updated help: The help has been updated to be a bit clearer and easier toread.
• Fix

print_sie_newdomain()

• : There was a NULL pointer dereference thatresulted in a crash. The bug was triggered when a pathological

newdomain

• SOA message was printed in “non-verbose” mode.
• Fix

axa_str_to_cidr()

• : Patched to remove a false negative errorcondition.
• Fix

axa_get_token()

• ,

axa_vlog_msg()

• ,

dns_to_key()

• ,

trie_free()

• : Multiple corner-case bugs fixed.

Stay tuned for further updates!

Mike Schiffman is a Packet Esotericist for Farsight Security, Inc.