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@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ None.
Migration Considerations:
If you are migrating from a Shorewall version earlier than 3.2.0 then
please see the 3.2.8 release notes for additional migration
information.
http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/3.2/shorewall-3.2.8/releasenotes.txt
1) Shorewall supports the notion of "default actions". A default
action defines a set of rules that are applied before a policy is
enforced. Default actions accomplish two goals:
@ -150,10 +156,13 @@ New Features in Shorewall 3.4:
USE_ACTIONS=No in /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf.
- lib.base. The base Shorewall library required by all programs,
including compiled firewall scripts.
including compiled firewall scripts. This library is also
released as part of Shorewall Lite and is installed in
/usr/share/shorewall-lite/.
- lib.cli. Library containing the code common to /sbin/shorewall,
/sbin/shorewall-lite.
/sbin/shorewall-lite. This library is also released as part of
Shorewall Lite and is installed in /usr/share/shorewall-lite/.
- lib.config. Library containing the code that is common to
/usr/share/shorewall/compiler and /usr/share/shorewall/firewall.
@ -190,6 +199,9 @@ New Features in Shorewall 3.4:
- Omitting the macro files.
- Omitting all unused extension scripts.
See http://www.shorewall.net/Modularization.html for additional
details.
2) As hinted in the previous bullet, there is a new USE_ACTIONS option
in /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf. Shorewall actions can be very
powerful but they also require a lot of code to implement. Embedded
@ -302,7 +314,7 @@ New Features in Shorewall 3.4:
than 5 but it may be greater than 5). For example, setting
LOGFORMAT="FW:%s:%s:" will allow zone names of up to 8 characters.
6) Netfilter provides support for attachmend of comments to Netfilter
6) Netfilter provides support for attachment of comments to Netfilter
rules. Comments can be up to 255 bytes in length and are visible
using the "shorewall show <chain>", "shorewall show nat",
"shorewall show mangle" and "shorewall dump" commands. Comments are
@ -539,11 +551,13 @@ New Features in Shorewall 3.4:
shorewall-maclist(5)
shorewall-masq(5)
shorewall-nat(5)
shorewall-nesting(5)
shorewall-netmap(5)
shorewall-params(5)
shorewall-policy(5)
shorewall-providers(5)
shorewall-proxyarp(5)
shorewall-rfc1918(5)
shorewall-route_rules(5)
shorewall-routestopped(5)
shorewall-rules(5)