Version R5 v1.120 of FireHOL
Release Notes: The main new feature of this release is the HELPME function that detects and produces the FireHOL configuration for the host run. Additionally, this release introduces a new PANIC mode which is now handled entirely by FireHOL, has better handling of the MIRROR target, has wider support for SNMPTRAP and SYSLOG, a definition for the SOCKS service, and better interoperability with various Linux distributions (e.g., Debian).
Other releases
Release Notes: This version was updated to parse the latest format of the IANA reservations page. Support for custom actions for services was added. This opens a way to allow actions that can be controlled externally without restarting the firewall. Several minor issues were fixed, providing better NAT support for all services, handling for external pager commands, kernel config parsing, a config wizard, etc.
Release Notes: Minor updates were made for the latest IANA reservations. A check-iana.sh cron job script was provided to notify the administrator when IANA reservations change.
Release Notes: This maintenance release mainly fixed kernel 2.6.20+ and BASH 3.2 issues and added support for external definitions of all IP address space definitions. All users are advised to upgrade to this release.
Release Notes: This version fixes issues with the security of the created temporary files.
Release Notes: This release fixed vulnerabilities where malicious local system users could use FireHOL's temporary files to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. All users are advised to update to this version. This release included new service definitions: ANYSTATELESS, TIMESTAMP, and DICT. A TRANSPARENT_PROXY helper was added. Support for knockd as an argument to the accept action was added.
