                         Firewall Builder Release Notes

Version 2.1.18

   Released 04/06/2008
   GUI and compilers v2.1.18 require API library libfwbuilder version 2.1.18

Summary

   This version includes compilers for Cisco PIX and IOS access lists which
   were released under GPL.

   For those who wish to build from source, instructions are outlined in the
   document "Install and Build instructions" on our web site [1]here

   The GUI code is in the freeze for QT4 conversion. I will fix bugs in
   policy compilers but will try to avoid changes in the GUI. New GUI based
   on QT4 will be released next spring when KDE4 is included in all major
   Linux distributions and FreeBSD. There will be bugfix releases for v2.1 if
   necessary.

Improvements and changes in the packaging

     * Now all policy compilers come as part of the "fwbuilder" RPM. This
       inludes compilers fwb_ipt, fwb_ipf, fwb_ipfw, fwb_pf, fwb_iosacl and
       fwb_pix. Instead of 6 RPMs (libfwbuilder, fwbuilder and 4 RPMs for
       individual compilers) I now build only two: libfwbuilder and
       fwbuilder. For example, for Fedora C8 only these two RPMs will be
       built form now on: libfwbuilder-2.1.18.fc8.i386.rpm and
       fwbuilder-2.1.18.fc8.i386.rpm

Improvements and bug fixes in the GUI

     * fixed bug #1908351: "rcs does not save log message and file remains
       locked"

Improvements and bug fixes in the policy compiler for PF

     * fixed bug #1899914: "Script to apply the new rules." It is enough to
       execute "pfctl -f file.conf" to load PF policy. There is no need to
       purge filter and nat rules first, then reload it.

Improvements and bug fixes in the libfwbuilder API library and all policy
compilers

     * fixed bug #1905718: "Group of DNS Name objects considered empty"

References

   Visible links
   1. http://www.fwbuilder.org/guides/firewall_builder_installation.html
