Firewall Builder Release Notes


Version 2.1.16


Released 12/20/2007
GUI and compilers v2.1.16 require API library libfwbuilder version 2.1.16

Summary

Unfortunate bug introduced in 2.1.15 that broke generated firewall script for iptables in case option "use iptables-restore" was on is fixed in this release. Additional checks were added to the generated script for iptables to improve error detection and make sure the GUI properly detects when it terminates with error. Support for load balancing with PF was also added.

For those who wish to build from source, instructions are outlined in the document "Install and Build instructions" on our web site 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 bug fixes in the GUI

Improvements and bug fixes in the policy importer for iptables

Improvements and bug fixes in the policy importer for PF