Tom Eastep
2017-02-17 18:00:32 UTC
Shorewall 5.1.2 Beta 2 is now available for testing.
Problems Corrected since Beta 1:
1) Deprecated macros and actions are installed in
${SHAREDIR}/shorewall[6]/deprecated/. Previously,
the tarball installer did not remove the existing macro/action from
${SHAREDIR}/shorewall[6]/, causing them to be used rather than the
deprecated copy; that has been corrected.
2) A caution has been added in shorewall[6]-rtrules regarding
similar rules at the same priority.
3) The 'dropBcasts' builtin action now works with
Shorewall6. Previously, an attempt to use that action failed with a
'missing action file' error.
4) Instances of "$LOGrmation" in the sample configuration files have
been corrected.
New Features since Beta 1:
1) A LOG_LEVEL option has been added to shorewall[6].conf with default
value 'info'. The sample config files have been updated to use
$LOG_LEVEL rather than 'info' so that changing this option's
setting will change all default packet logging. Like with any
option, $LOG_LEVEL can be used throughout the configuration (with
the exception of shorewall[6]-params). All instances of $LOG in
Beta 1 have been converted to $LOG_LEVEL.
2) The LIMIT column in shorewall[6]-policy has been renamed RATE for
consistency with shorewall[6]-rules. No change is required to
existing configurations, including those that specify 'limit' in
alternate input format.
3) Beginning with this release, the allowBcast, dropBcast, and
Broadcast no longer handling multicast. Multicast is handeled
separately in actions allowMcast, dropMcast and Multicast. The
now-deprecated Drop and Reject actions have been modified so that
they continue to silently drop multicast packets.
Thank you for testing,
- -Tom
- --
Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who
Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like
Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car
http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________
Problems Corrected since Beta 1:
1) Deprecated macros and actions are installed in
${SHAREDIR}/shorewall[6]/deprecated/. Previously,
the tarball installer did not remove the existing macro/action from
${SHAREDIR}/shorewall[6]/, causing them to be used rather than the
deprecated copy; that has been corrected.
2) A caution has been added in shorewall[6]-rtrules regarding
similar rules at the same priority.
3) The 'dropBcasts' builtin action now works with
Shorewall6. Previously, an attempt to use that action failed with a
'missing action file' error.
4) Instances of "$LOGrmation" in the sample configuration files have
been corrected.
New Features since Beta 1:
1) A LOG_LEVEL option has been added to shorewall[6].conf with default
value 'info'. The sample config files have been updated to use
$LOG_LEVEL rather than 'info' so that changing this option's
setting will change all default packet logging. Like with any
option, $LOG_LEVEL can be used throughout the configuration (with
the exception of shorewall[6]-params). All instances of $LOG in
Beta 1 have been converted to $LOG_LEVEL.
2) The LIMIT column in shorewall[6]-policy has been renamed RATE for
consistency with shorewall[6]-rules. No change is required to
existing configurations, including those that specify 'limit' in
alternate input format.
3) Beginning with this release, the allowBcast, dropBcast, and
Broadcast no longer handling multicast. Multicast is handeled
separately in actions allowMcast, dropMcast and Multicast. The
now-deprecated Drop and Reject actions have been modified so that
they continue to silently drop multicast packets.
Thank you for testing,
- -Tom
- --
Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who
Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like
Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car
http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________