7 March 2007

NuFW 2.2.0-rc1

NuFW 2.2.0-rc1 is available. All planned features have been implemented and test phase is almost complete.

The main new features are:
 A command mode which can interact with nuauth to modify things such as debug_level or to disconnect selected users.
 Globbing matching on application name in acl
 Compatibility of mysql logging to be able to use 2.0 databases

The full changelog is as follows:
 Less memory consumption. Increased stability.
 Ipv6 support
 log_mysql: add option to log by default in SQL database with IPV4 schema
 libnuclient: add nu_get_home_dir function which is not dependant of HOME environment variable
 nufw: fix compilation in ipq mode (workaround ipq.h problem)
 nufw: modify interface name fetching code
 NuFW: Port of 2.0 modifications (from r2715 to r2728)
 implement globbing matching in application filtering
 add support for flags on acl
 implement async logging following flag setting
 cache is now resetted during reload
 nuauth: command mode through a unix socket and a python script is given as exemple
 nuauth: modify thread pools system (better handling of signals)
 nufw: add -A to set debug areas and adjust areas in code
 SQL log : log_prefix allows for tracability from Log to suitable ACL.
 libnuclient : Diffie Hellman can be unactivated and source address can be personalised (usable mostly for tests)
 nuauth : splitting of some modules
 NuFW : connections can now be marked according to user and/or group ID.
 nuauth : new "session_expire" module.