Re: [Fwbuilder-discussion] Firewall Builder 2.1 beta is available for download
Brought to you by:
mikehorn
From: <dum...@gm...> - 2006-07-08 14:37:34
|
Guten Tag Vadim Kurland ?, am Samstag, 8. Juli 2006 um 08:48 schrieben Sie: > Packages have been uploaded to the server, the url for downloads is > http://www.fwbuilder.org/nightly_builds/ The latest version is > 2.1.5, build 84. I've built RPMs for Fedora C4 and C5, RH9, Suse 9.3 > and Mandrake 10.1, as well as packages for Windows XP and Mac OS X > and FreeBSD ports. I downloaded it and tested it... looks great !!! Nice work! On thing i noticed is that it is very hard to drag & drop objects in a new group because they are selected with single click. Maybe doubleclicking as an option to show infos in the objectinspector ? I will try it out some more on monday at the office where i have more machines to test.... > Summary of new features and changes can be found here: http:// > www.fwbuilder.org/archives/cat_news.html#000208 > Packages for Windows and Mac OS X will work in evaluation mode until > October. I reserve plenty of time for public beta because many people > (including myself) take vacation in summer and testing may not go > very fast. However I hope three months should be enough to find and > fix most of the important bugs. > Important note: > I've built all packages in a such way that you should be able to > install 2.1beta on the same machine where you run 2.0.12 without > conflict. New binaries have names ending with "21", e.g. > "fwbuilder21", "fwb_ipt21". Settings are saved in a file with > different name and on Windows registry records go in a different > subtrees. Even though I've tested this and everything seems to work > right, making sure there are absolutely no conflicts is hard. Please > make backup copies of your data files before you start playing with > 2.1beta. If you use RCS, make backup copy of both working .fwb file > and RCS directory that holds repository. > Outstanding issues: > Localization is likely broken because many strings have changed in > the GUI. I am going to send an email to translators asking them to > revisit some time later. Meanwhile you can use package fwbuilder-en > on Windows or run it with environment variable LANG=C on Linux and BSD. > one known problem is slowness of the algorithm that detects rule > shadowing. It is hard to change the algorithm, although some > optimizations may still be possible. I am looking for suggestions as > for how to separate detection of shadowing from actual compilation. > Specifically, I would appreciate ideas and suggestions in the area of > usability and GUI design for this. Someone suggested to add command > line switch to the compiler that would disable rule shadowing > detection. This is not very convenient if one calls compiler through > the GUI. I guess I could add a checkbox somewhere to activate this > command line switch, but I'd rather find more generalized solution > than this. > Another problem is that whenever a firewall is created from a > template, it inherits generic IP addresses for its interfaces and > objects in its policy rules. This is inconvenient and should change. > New version supports search-and-replace operation which will help a > little since you now can find and replace generic objects in rules > with your own. I am thinking about better ways to do this but can't > promise it will make it in the final release this fall. > As usual, thank you for your support and interest. > --vk > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Fwbuilder-discussion mailing list > Fwb...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fwbuilder-discussion -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen dum...@gm... mailto:dum...@gm... |