diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index e990a4eee..f9f394025 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ sub expand_rule( $$$$$$$$$$$ )
 	    } else {
 		$iiface = $source;
 	    }
-	} elsif  ( $source =~ /^(.+?):\[(.+)\]\s+$/ ) {
+	} elsif  ( $source =~ /^(.+?):\[(.+)\]\s*$/ ) {
 	    $iiface = $1;
 	    $inets  = $2;
 	} elsif ( $source =~ /:/ ) {
@@ -2065,7 +2065,7 @@ sub expand_rule( $$$$$$$$$$$ )
 	    } else {
 		$diface = $dest;
 	    }
-	} elsif ( $dest =~ /^(.+?):\[(.+)\]\s+$/ ) {
+	} elsif ( $dest =~ /^(.+?):\[(.+)\]\s*$/ ) {
 	    $diface = $1;
 	    $dnets  = $2;
 	} elsif ( $dest =~ /:/ ) {
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
index 3018a2326..2f1ff07ad 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ sub reinitialize() {
     Shorewall::Zones::initialize ($family);
     Shorewall::Policy::initialize;
     Shorewall::Nat::initialize;
-    Shorewall::Providers::initialize;
-    Shorewall::Tc::initialize;
+    Shorewall::Providers::initialize($family);
+    Shorewall::Tc::initialize($family);
     Shorewall::Actions::initialize;
     Shorewall::Accounting::initialize;
     Shorewall::Rules::initialize($family);
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index f104c6ac3..93263ab5e 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
 		 warning_message
 		 fatal_error
 		 progress_message
+		 progress_message_nocompress
 		 progress_message2
 		 progress_message3
                 );
@@ -813,6 +814,24 @@ sub progress_message {
     }
 }
 
+sub progress_message_nocompress {
+    my $havelocaltime = 0;
+
+    if ( $verbose > 1 ) {
+	timestamp, $havelocaltime = 1 if $timestamp;
+	print "@_\n";
+    }
+
+    if ( $log_verbose > 1 ) {
+	our @localtime;
+
+	@localtime = localtime unless $havelocaltime; 
+
+	printf $log '%s %2d %2d:%02d:%02d ', $abbr[$localtime[4]], @localtime[3,2,1,0];
+	print $log "@_\n";
+    }
+}
+
 #
 # Write a message if $verbose >= 1
 #
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/IPAddrs.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/IPAddrs.pm
index da1f13343..eecd1f19b 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/IPAddrs.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/IPAddrs.pm
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ sub validate_6net( $$ ) {
     fatal_error "An ipset name ($net) is not allowed in this context" if substr( $net, 0, 1 ) eq '+';
 
     if ( defined $vlsm ) {
-        fatal_error "Invalid VLSM ($vlsm)"              unless $vlsm =~ /^\d+$/ && $vlsm <= 64;
+        fatal_error "Invalid VLSM ($vlsm)"              unless $vlsm =~ /^\d+$/ && $vlsm <= 128;
 	fatal_error "Invalid Network address ($_[0])"   if defined $rest;
 	fatal_error "Invalid IPv6 address ($net)"       unless valid_6address $net;
     } else {
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
index db2c333ba..414a1e6f4 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ sub print_policy($$$$) {
 	    my ( $sourceref, $destref ) = ( find_zone($source) ,find_zone( $dest ) );
 	    warning_message "CONTINUE policy between two un-nested zones ($source, $dest)" if ! ( @{$sourceref->{parents}} || @{$destref->{parents}} );
 	}
-	progress_message "   Policy for $source to $dest is $policy using chain $chain" unless $source eq $dest;
+	progress_message_nocompress "   Policy for $source to $dest is $policy using chain $chain" unless $source eq $dest;
     }
 }
 
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ sub policy_rules( $$$$$ ) {
 }
 
 sub report_syn_flood_protection() {
-    progress_message '      Enabled SYN flood protection';
+    progress_message_nocompress '      Enabled SYN flood protection';
 }
 
 sub default_policy( $$$ ) {
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ sub default_policy( $$$ ) {
 	}
     }
 
-    progress_message "   Policy $policy from $_[1] to $_[2] using chain $chainref->{name}";
+    progress_message_nocompress "   Policy $policy from $_[1] to $_[2] using chain $chainref->{name}";
 
 }
 
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
index 8dfd74537..816d2cff0 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ our %providers;
 
 our @providers;
 
+our $family;
+
 
 #
 # Initialize globals -- we take this novel approach to globals initialization to allow
@@ -64,7 +66,9 @@ our @providers;
 #                       the second and subsequent calls to that function.
 #
 
-sub initialize() {
+sub initialize( $ ) {
+    $family = shift;
+
     @routemarked_providers = ();
     %routemarked_interfaces = ();
     @routemarked_interfaces = ();
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ sub initialize() {
 }
 
 INIT {
-    initialize;
+    initialize( F_IPV4 );
 }
 
 #
@@ -481,6 +485,8 @@ sub setup_providers() {
     while ( read_a_line ) {
 	unless ( $providers ) {
 	    progress_message2 "$doing $fn ...";
+	    fatal_error "Multi-ISP support is not yet available in Shorewall6" if $family == F_IPV6;
+
 	    require_capability( 'MANGLE_ENABLED' , 'a non-empty providers file' , 's' );
 
 	    fatal_error "A non-empty providers file is not permitted with MANGLE_ENABLED=No" unless $config{MANGLE_ENABLED};
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index a695adedf..705640987 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ sub process_tos() {
 	    if ( $family == F_IPV4 ) {
 		( $srczone , $source , $remainder ) = split( /:/, $src, 3 );
 		fatal_error 'Invalid SOURCE' if defined $remainder;
-	    } elsif ( $src =~ /^(.+?):\[(.*)]\s$/ ) {
+	    } elsif ( $src =~ /^(.+?):\[(.*)]\s*$/ ) {
 		$srczone = $1;
 		$source  = $2;
 	    } else {
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
index 5c6ced6dd..d9d168edd 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ our %restrictions = ( tcpre      => PREROUTE_RESTRICT ,
 		      tcfor      => NO_RESTRICT ,
 		      tcout      => OUTPUT_RESTRICT );
 
+our $family;
+
 #
 # Initialize globals -- we take this novel approach to globals initialization to allow
 #                       the compiler to run multiple times in the same process. The
@@ -164,7 +166,8 @@ our %restrictions = ( tcpre      => PREROUTE_RESTRICT ,
 #                       the second and subsequent calls to that function.
 #
 
-sub initialize() {
+sub initialize( $ ) {
+    $family   = shift;
     %classids = ();
     @deferred_rules = ();
     @tcdevices = ();
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ sub initialize() {
 }
 
 INIT {
-    initialize;
+    initialize( F_IPV4 );
 }
 
 sub process_tc_rule( $$$$$$$$$$$$ ) {
@@ -339,6 +342,8 @@ sub validate_tc_device( $$$$$ ) {
 
     my $devnumber;
 
+    fatal_error "Traffic Shaping is not yet available in Shorewall6" if $family == F_IPV6;
+
     if ( $device =~ /:/ ) {
 	( my $number, $device, my $rest )  = split /:/, $device, 3;
 
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
index 17d3dc7cb..bee62356a 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Zones.pm
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ sub zone_report()
 
 	$type = $ipzone if $type eq 'ip';
 
-	progress_message "   $zone ($type)";
+	progress_message_nocompress "   $zone ($type)";
 
 	my $printed = 0;
 
@@ -388,7 +388,11 @@ sub zone_report()
 			my $hosts     = $groupref->{hosts};
 			if ( $hosts ) {
 			    my $grouplist = join ',', ( @$hosts );
-			    progress_message "      $interface:$grouplist";
+			    if ( $family == F_IPV4 ) {
+				progress_message_nocompress "      $interface:$grouplist";
+			    } else {
+				progress_message_nocompress "      $interface:\[$grouplist\]";
+			    }
 			    $printed = 1;
 			}
 		    }
@@ -443,7 +447,11 @@ sub dump_zone_contents()
 			my $hosts     = $groupref->{hosts};
 			if ( $hosts ) {
 			    my $grouplist = join ',', ( @$hosts );
-			    $entry .= " $interface:$grouplist";
+			    if ( $family == F_IPV4 ) {
+				$entry .= " $interface:$grouplist";
+			    } else {
+				$entry .= " $interface:\[$grouplist\]";
+			    }
 			}
 		    }
 		}