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<big>Hi all,<br>
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I am very pleased by your comments. Thank you very much.<br>
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As you have noticed it has been 3 years since the last release of
firehol. Although I have done enough commits fixing various bugs
and extending firehol, I did not manage to release anything. There
are two reasons for this:<br>
<br>
a. Every new release needs an effort in documentation. I tried to
prepare a release once or twice during these 3 years, but I was
unable to complete the task.<br>
<br>
b. Every new release attracts new users, demanding support, which
unfortunately I cannot provide to the extend required.<br>
<br>
<br>
Currently firehol has 3 major issues:<br>
<br>
1. There is no ipv6 support<br>
<br>
2. It is very slow on very big firewalls (I have one with 10.000
rules, that needs around 3 mins to get activated). There is a
patch supplied at sourceforge. It requires however extended
testing.<br>
<br>
3. It should not depend on BASH. ASH is faster, lighter, runs on
embedded systems and could be used by firehol. ASH however lacks
arrays, a key feature for firehol. To run under ASH, firehol would
need a re-write of its core. Again, this would require extended
testing.<br>
<br>
Unfortunately, I cannot do all the work by myself.</big><big></big><br>
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<br>
If you would like to help, please send me a note. Firehol needs
help to stay alive.<br>
<br>
</big><big>In the mean time, I keep the cvs version of firehol
always stable. I suggest to use the cvs version instead of the
released one. I always update the CVS log properly too, so you can
review what has changed or fixed.</big> <big>I also fix bugs as
soon as I get notified about them or add minor features that do
not require a major rewrite. These are the minimum required to
have a well maintained and secure firewall (firehol is always well
maintained - it is not "well released" though).<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
Costa<br>
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