Re: [Fwbuilder-discussion] Firewall Builder 2.1 beta is available for download

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On Jul 8, 2006, at 7:37 AM, dum...@gm... wrote:

> Guten Tag Vadim Kurland ?,
>
> am Samstag, 8. Juli 2006 um 08:48 schrieben Sie:
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>> 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 ?
>

object opens in the editor when you release mouse button, so to drag =20
it into the group you just click and drag, do not release button. =20
This is a standard behavior in many programs on Windows and Mac, for =20
example windows explorer does this if you open folders tree in it and =20=

then try to drag folders. All Mac applications that utilize tree =20
widget do the same.

Double click creates lots of problems with synchronization between =20
editor and the tree. If objects open in the editor on double click, =20
you can have one object highlighted in the tree and another one =20
opened in the editor. Add to this that the panel showing firewall =20
policy is also disconnected from both the tree and the editor and you =20=

can have three different objects highlighted and opened at the same =20
time. This is a mess and should be avoided. That is why the tree and =20
the editor panels are tightly synchronized and always show the same =20
object. They are synchronized with the policy view as well - whenever =20=

you select an object in a rule, it is shown in the tree and in the =20
editor, if editor is opened.

--vk


> 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=3DC on Linux and =20=

>> 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
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