Asim Ahmed Khan wrote:
> can anyone suggest what is the latest stable version of shorewall.
From the home page of www.shorewall.net (or any of the mirrors), you can
*always* determine current version(s). From the Table of Contents, follow the
link labled "Current Shorewall Versions".
> currently i''ve Shorewall 3.0.5 installed and working just fine
over a
> Fedora Core 4 Box over VMWARE. I just want to know if an upgrade is
> required at this point or not ? i found this shorewall-3.0.9-1.noarch
> version from a mirror site of shorewall.net <http://shorewall.net>.
> Please guide me, shud i do that upgrade ?
I suggest that you read
http://www1.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/3.0/shorewall-3.0.9/releasenotes.txt and
decide for yourself. You can read about all of the problems corrected and new
features added since 3.0.5 and make up your own mind whether you want to
upgrade.
As Cristian has pointed out, Shorewall 3.2.6 is the current stable version; the
3.0 series is still fully supported though.
There were lots of features added in 3.2 -- see
http://www1.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/3.2/shorewall-3.2.6/releasenotes.txt.
The chief advantage of 3.2 over 3.0 is that [re]start disables new connections
for a much shorter period of time.
If none of the new 3.2 features matter to you, then feel free to stay with the
3.0 series. It will continue to be supported until sometime in the spring of
next year when Shorewall 3.4 will be released.
-Tom
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