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Correct typos in the release notes

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Tom Eastep 2011-01-29 08:42:58 -08:00
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Shorewall/releasenotes.txt
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@ -67,14 +67,15 @@ Beta 2
loaded.
2) Given that shell variables are expanded at compile time, there was
previously no way to cause such variables to be expended at run
previously no way to cause such variables to be expanded at run
time. This made it difficult (to impossible) to include dynamic IP
addresses in a Shorewall-lite configuration.
This release implements "Run-time address variables". In
configuration files, these variables are expressed as an apersand
('&') followed by the name of an interface defined in
/etc/shorewall/interfaces.
configuration files, these variables are expressed using an
apersand ('&') followed by the name of an interface defined in
/etc/shorewall/interfaces. Wild-card interfaces (those whose names
end in '+') are not allowed to be used in this way.
Example:
@ -101,8 +102,9 @@ Beta 2
file.
For optional interfaces, if the interface is not usable at the time
that the firewall starts the all-zero address will be used (0.0.0.0
in IPv4 and :: in IPv6), resulting in no packets matching the rule.
that the firewall starts the all-zero address (0.0.0.0 in IPv4 and
:: in IPv6) will be substituted, resulting in no packets matching
the rule.
Beta 1