Firestarter revision history ============================ Changes from version 1.0.2 to 1.0.3 Problems fixed: - Fixed the introduction wizard not completing Changes from version 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 New features: - Added a Samba service bundle that provides all the policy you need to run a server - Added the option not to start the firewall when the wizard completes, as well as a warning text for users who connect remotely - You can now specify multiple ports separated by whitespace in a single rule Changes in policy and program behavior: - Replaced some of the custom toolbar icons with designs based on GNOME stock icons - The active connections tracking feature consumes no CPU when not visible - The program will look for alternative system log files if /var/log/messages is not found, fixes some issues with metalog - Inbound connection tracking extended to include the privileged ports - Outbound policy now tracks related and established connections - Updated list of IANA reserved netblocks - Non-routable IANA reserved netblocks are now by default not part of the policy, can optionally be enabled in the preferences - Properly detects and creates configurations for the DHCP3 package in Debian Problems fixed: - Fixed the log filtering on a port or host not always being respected - Fixed notebook headers looking strange in themes with bevels - Fixed permissions on the ppp script files - Fixed some services not working with a strict outbound policy - Fixed external interface being reported as failing when the problem is actually with the internal interface - Fixed some event entries being mislabeled as inbound - Fixed crash when reloading the events ------ Changes from version 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 Changes in policy and program behavior: - Unsupported traffic, such as IPSec, now show up in the events list - Added separate controls for controlling external and internal network broadcasts in the preferences - LAN broadcasts are now accepted by default, fixes various Samba issues - Forwarding policy only applies to traffic coming from the Internet - The program now checks and upgrades your firewall without intervention on the first run after installing a newer version - The active connections list now consumes less CPU time when the list gets very long - Updated translations Problems fixed: - Fixed the default broadcast filtering not working in many configurations - Fixed a race condition sometimes causing a crash when looking up hostnames in the active connections list - Fixed a crash when trying to complete the wizard for the first time - Fixed many services not being correctly identified in the events list - Fixed incorrect error message when enabling broadcast filtering on a ppp connection - Fixed the firewall third party startup hooks not being updated if changed from the preferences instead of the wizard - Fixed DHCP hook not being written if not using the dhclient program - Fixed DHCP hook not being removed properly in some cases - Fixed system DHCP configuration being overwritten - Fixed crash when entering invalid values into the some of the rules - Fixed some strings not being translated properly