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Shorewall 1.3.4 is available: 1. A new /etc/shorewall/routestopped file has been added. This file is intended to eventually replace the routestopped option in the /etc/shorewall/interface and /etc/ shorewall/hosts files. This new file makes remote firewall administration easier by allowing any IP or subnet to be enabled while Shorewall is stopped. 2. An /etc/shorewall/stopped

Now that 1.3 is out, I thought it would be a good idea to tell you what my plans are for Shorewall and to solicit input from this list. My focus for the next several minor releases will be to incorporate recent Netfilter enhancements into Shorewall. For example, this afternoon I have integrated support for the ''multiport'' match facility. I would like to defer the next minor

Ron and Steve, I am ready to begin the documentation changes for 1.3.2. Are you close to having any of your changes ready for release? If so, we can get those into CVS before I begin my changes -- if not, then I''ll go ahead and update CVS with the 1.3.2 material. Please let me know. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Shorewall - iptables made easy AIM: tmeastep \ http://www.shorewall.net

Hey gang, I was wondering if all that documentation could or has been put into PDF format. I usually like to download documentation and read it while I''m sitting comfortably at home and I don''t want to tie up the phone line all night. Thanks, Nino p.s. If so, please feel free to attach the PDF formatted document to my e-mail ;-)

This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. ---1463811327-1716203191-1023027413=:9844 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ... that doesn''t have a broken "show log" command :-/ -Tom -- Tom Eastep \

Shorewall 1.3.9 is available. In this release: 1. DNS Names are now allowed in Shorewall config files (I still recommend against using them however). 2. The connection SOURCE may now be qualified by both interface and IP address in a Shorewall rule. 3. Shorewall startup is now disabled after initial installation until the file /etc/shorewall/startup_disabled is removed. 4. The

Changes since Beta 1: Problems Corrected: 1. Corrected a problem in Beta 1 where DNS names containing a "-" were mis-handled when they appeared in the DEST column of a rule. New Features: 1. The limit of 256 addresses for an address range has been removed. Shorewall now decomposes the range into an optimal set of network/host addresses (see also the

Just some stuff that was laying around in CVS: 1. Added ''DNAT-'' target. 2. Print policies in ''check'' command. 3. Added CLEAR_TC option. 4. Added SHARED_DIR option. [teastep@wookie Shorewall]$ cat releasenotes.txt This is a minor release of Shorewall that has a couple of new features. New features include: 1) A new ''DNAT-'' action has been

Rafa³ Dutko has just discovered a potentially serious bug in version 1.3.0 and 1.3.1. In both versions, where an interface option appears on multiple interfaces, the option may only be applied to the first interface on which it appears. A corrected firewall script for 1.3.1 is available at: http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/errata/1.3.1/firewall and

Let me know if there are any problems. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Shorewall - iptables made easy AIM: tmeastep \ http://www.shorewall.net ICQ: #60745924 \ teastep@shorewall.net

In this release: 1. The ''try'' command now accepts an optional timeout. If the timeout is given in the command, the standard configuration will automatically be restarted after the new configuration has been running for that length of time. This prevents a remote admin from being locked out of the firewall in the case where the new configuration starts but prevents

This is a minor release of Shorewall. In this release: 1. A "shorewall try" command has been added. This command attempts to restart Shorewall using an alternate configuration and if that attempt fails, Shorewall is automatically started with the default configuration. This is useful for remote administration where a failed restart of Shorewall can leave you isolated from

Shorewall 1.2.4 will have the following changes: a) ''#'' comments now allowed at end-of-line in all config files. b) Firewall zone may be renamed c) Protection against concurrent state-changing operations (start, stop, restart, refresh, clear) d) ''shorewall start'' no longer fails if ''detect'' is specified for an interface with netmask

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Ron Shannon wrote: > Bummer. Will the robots.txt handle it? (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/howto.html#stoprob) > Nope -- most of the offending bots just ignore robots.txt. The CVS interface is still available at: http://www.shorewall.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi There is just no link to it from the index. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Shorewall - iptables made easy AIM:

The maintenance (adding RAM) took a little longer than I planned: 1) Shutdown - 1 minute 2) Open Case - 30 seconds At this point, I emember that I can''t add RAM to this box without removing the Mother Board (hinge-mounted in case) - slap forehead. 3) Remove cables, PCI NIC & MB - 2 minutes 4) Add RAM - 1 Minute 5) Get the %$#@ MB back in the case and aligned -- 15 Minutes 6)

This is a minor release of Shorewall which rolls up a number of bug fixes. New features include: 1. A NEWNOTSYN option has been added to shorewall.conf. This option determines whether Shorewall accepts TCP packets which are not part of an established connection and that are not ''SYN'' packets (SYN flag on and ACK flag off). 2. The need for the

This will be the last Shorewall release for a while as I''m going to be focusing on Documentation. In this release: 1. Empty and invalid source and destination qualifiers are now detected in the rules file. It is a good idea to use the ''shorewall check'' command before you issue a ''shorewall restart'' command be be sure that you don''t

Lorenzo Marignoni reports that: o Shorewall 1.2.10 is in the Debian Testing Branch o Shorewall 1.2.11 is in the Debian Unstable Branch Thanks, Lorenzo! -- Tom Eastep \ Shorewall - iptables made easy AIM: tmeastep \ http://www.shorewall.net ICQ: #60745924 \ teastep@shorewall.net

In this version: 1) You may now define the contents of a zone dynamically with the "shorewall add" and "shorewall delete" commands. These commands are expected to be used primarily within FreeS/Wan updown scripts. 2) Shorewall can now do MAC verification on ethernet segments. You can specify the set of allowed MAC addresses on the segment and you can optionally

In this version: 1) You may now define the contents of a zone dynamically with the "shorewall add" and "shorewall delete" commands. These commands are expected to be used primarily within FreeS/Wan updown scripts. 2) Shorewall can now do MAC verification on ethernet segments. You can specify the set of allowed MAC addresses on the segment and you can optionally