shorewall_code/Shorewall2/releasenotes.txt
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Shorewall 2.1.0
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Problems Corrected since 2.0.3
1) A non-empty DEST entry in /etc/shorewall/tcrules will generate an
error and Shorewall fails to start.
2) A potential security vulnerablilty in the way that Shorewall
handles temporary files and directories has been corrected.
3) Two problems with logging NAT rules (DNAT and REDIRECT) could cause
startup failures.
4) Some users have reported the pkttype match option in iptables/
Netfilter failing to match certain broadcast packets. The result
is that the firewall log shows a lot of broadcast packets.
Users experiencing this problem can use PKTTYPE=No in
shorewall.conf to cause Shorewall to use IP address filtering of
broadcasts rather than packet type.
Problems Corrected since 2.1.0
1) The "check" command fails with the following message:
iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
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Issues when migrating from Shorewall 2.0 to Shorewall 2.1:
1) Shorewall configuration files except shorewall.conf are now empty
(they contain only comments). If you wish to retain the defaults
in any of the following files, you should copy these files before
upgrading them then restore them after the upgrade:
/etc/shorewall/zones
/etc/shorewall/policy
/etc/shorewall/tos
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New Features:
1) ICMP packets that are in the INVALID state are now dropped by the
Reject and Drop default actions. They do so using the new
'dropInvalid' builtin action.
2) The /etc/shorewall/masq file INTERFACE column now allows additional
options.
Normally MASQUERADE/SNAT rules are evaluated after one-to-one NAT
rules defined in the /etc/shorewall/nat file. If you preceed the
interface name with a plus sign ("+") then the rule will be
evaluated before one-to-one NAT.
Examples:
+eth0
+eth1:192.0.2.32/27
Also, the effect of ADD_SNAT_ALIASES=Yes can be negated for an
entry by following the interface name by ":" but no digit.
Examples:
eth0:
eth1::192.0.2.32/27
+eth3:
3) Similar to 2), the /etc/shorewall/nat file INTERFACE column now allows
you to override the setting of ADD_IP_ALIASES=Yes by following the
interface name with ":" but no digit.
4) All configuration files in the Shorewall distribution with the
exception of shorewall.conf are now empty. In particular, the
/etc/shorewall/zones, /etc/shorewall/policy and /etc/shorewall/tos
files now have no active entries. Hopefully this will stop the
questions on the support and development lists regarding why the
default entries are the way they are.
5) Previously, specifying a log level (and optionally a log tag) on a
rule that specified a user-defined (or Shorewall-defined) action
would log all traffic passed to the action. Beginning with this
release, specifying a log level in a rule that specifies a user-
or Shorewall-defined action will cause each rule in the action to
be logged with the specified level (and tag).
The extent to which logging of action rules occurs is goverend by
the following:
a) When you invoke an action and specify a log level, only those
rules in the action that have no log level will be changed to log
at the level specified at the action invocation.
Example:
/etc/shorewall/action.foo:
ACCEPT - - tcp 22
bar:info
/etc/shorewall/rules:
foo:debug fw net
Logging in the invoke 'foo' action will be:
ACCEPT:debug - - tcp 22
bar:info
b) If you follow the log level with "!" then logging will
be at that level for all rules recursively invoked by the action
Example:
/etc/shorewall/action.foo:
ACCEPT - - tcp 22
bar:info
/etc/shorewall/rules:
foo:debug! fw net
Logging in the invoke 'foo' action will be:
ACCEPT:debug - - tcp 22
bar:debug!