Firewall Builder Release Notes
Version 2.0.9
Released 09/17/2005
GUI and compilers v2.0.9 require API library libfwbuilder version 2.0.9
Summary
This is a bug fix release
For those who wish to build from source, instructions are outlined
in the document "Install and Build instructions" on our web site here
What's new
- Added support for Cisco FWSM. This includes recognition
of platform-specific options and parameters for FWSM v2.3
(based on PIX 6.3), as well as interaction with FWSM in
built-in policy installer. Firewall Builder for PIX v1.1.10
is required to generate configuration compatible with FWSM.
- Improvements in the GUI
- Feature Request #1225393 "Print comments on objects"
- Feature Request #1187461 "Add "commit" menu item". This
menu item commits opened data file to RCS but keeps it
opened so the user can continue editing.
- Spanish translation has been added, thanks to Carlos
Lozano <clozano@andago.com>
Bugs fixed in the GUI:
- bug #1254775: "RCS checkin fails on Windows when data file
is too big". RCS tools failed to check the file in if it
consisted of one huge line of text. This fix makes th GUI save
data file (.fwb) in formatted form on Windows, just like on
Linux. This means each XML element is saved on separate line
instead of all of them being on the same line.
- bug #1226069: "Segfault: Drag&Drop between two
instances". If user started two instances of the GUI and tried
to drag and drop objects between them, the instance receiving an
object crashed.
- bugs #1233165: "Illegal Logging-Limit string" and #1287755:
"i18n is breaking iptables script". The GUI stored options of the
"limit" module as translated strings instead of standard
attributes.
- bug #1240205: "Iilegal --log-level Information". The GUI
stored log levels as translated strings instead of standard
attributes.
- bug #1277129: "script is truncated when installed by the GUI
running on Mac". Built-in installer truncated firewall script
while copying it to the firewall if GUI was running on Mac OS X
and the script was relatively large. This bug triggered only on
Mac OS X.
Bugs fixed in policy compiler for PF:
- bug #1276083: "Destination NAT rules". Old restriction on
"rdr" rules that required service in OSrv is not valid anymore,
pf supports rdr rules with no protocol specification.