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Release notes from Factory release 1.18.008 to Factory release 1.18.009
Slight change for delayed packets (error packets/responses) affected normal trafficRelease notes from Factory release 1.18.007 to Factory release 1.18.008
Speed lanes were not re-allocated when time profiles changed unless "re-route" also ticked on profile. FixedRelease notes from Factory release 1.18.005 to Factory release 1.18.007
Slight change in TCP stack for RST responsesRelease notes from Factory release 1.18.003 to Factory release 1.18.005
Corrected winter time / summer time change to be 01:00 UTC not 01:00 BSTRelease notes from Factory release 1.18.002 to Factory release 1.18.003
Subtle internal error in tunnel handling fixed - could drop some tunnel packets incorrectly.Release notes from Factory release 1.18.001 to Factory release 1.18.002
Changed URL for manuals and software on FireBrick website.Release notes from Factory release 1.18.000 to Factory release 1.18.001
Internal changes for factory build - no other changesRelease notes from Factory release 1.16.047 to Factory release 1.18.000
Added bootp server name (sname) and filename (file) options to subnets.Release notes from Beta release 1.17.281 to Beta release 1.17.283
Default IMAP filter changed for IMAP4 (port 143)Release notes from Beta release 1.17.274 to Beta release 1.17.281
Fixed "Clear alert" on Setup.Release notes from Beta release 1.17.273 to Beta release 1.17.274
Minor corrections to user interface - do not use AgathaRelease notes from Beta release 1.17.235 to Beta release 1.17.273
SNMP now reports interface speed for a speed lane as the highest of the rate *or* cap on a speed lane, as rate alone could be too low and so ignored by mrtg.Release notes from Beta release 1.17.190 to Beta release 1.17.235
Profiles can now be dependant on another profile (AND/OR)Release notes from Beta release 1.17.084 to Beta release 1.17.190
Changed web log output to cater for <, >, and & in the log, e.g. from login attempts (shows as -)Release notes from Beta release 1.17.066 to Beta release 1.17.084
Slight change for ATE operation.Release notes from Beta release 1.17.060 to Beta release 1.17.066
New bonded uplink feature designed for ADSL line use. See manual for details.Release notes from Beta release 1.17.058 to Beta release 1.17.060
Incorrect tunnel name for source tunnel traffic on session table, fixedRelease notes from Beta release 1.17.055 to Beta release 1.17.058
Changed source port for time setting to 1024 not 2 as low source ports caused problems on some firewalls, leased lines and even current linux releases.Release notes from Beta release 1.17.050 to Beta release 1.17.055
Slight change to "Fast/TOS" mode. TOS with it 4 or 7 are treated as "priority"Release notes from Beta release 1.17.044 to Beta release 1.17.050
DHCP server will send SMTP server address if requested by clientRelease notes from Beta release 1.17.028 to Beta release 1.17.044
Added low level interrupt load control for rare cases of stupidly high volume LAN/LAN trafficRelease notes from Beta release 1.17.018 to Beta release 1.17.028
DHCP restrict only applies if restricted subnet is in enabled profileRelease notes from Beta release 1.17.017 to Beta release 1.17.018
DHCP server sends lease time even if not in list of requested options as linux does not ask for it then assumes 0, duh!!Release notes from Beta release 1.17.011 to Beta release 1.17.017
DHCP server now only fields requested in options in request. If no options requested then everything possible is sent.Release notes from Beta release 1.17.005 to Beta release 1.17.011
Changed behaviour of DHCP Restrict option - now means that if a name matches any resticted subnet then it can only have IPs from that subnet. Still means names that do not match cannot have IPs from restricted subnets, as before.Release notes from Factory release 1.16.047 to Beta release 1.17.005
Added bootp server name (sname) and filename (file) options to subnets.Release notes from Factory release 1.16.039 to Factory release 1.16.047
Minor change to DHCP client for cable modems.Release notes from Factory release 1.16.000 to Factory release 1.16.039
Minor change so that tunnels within tunnels operate correctly.Release notes from Factory release 1.14.011 to Factory release 1.16.000
Security fix to ensure logs only accessable from authorised usersRelease notes from Beta release 1.15.041 to Beta release 1.15.049
Changed so can edit time profiles times when clock not setRelease notes from Beta release 1.15.040 to Beta release 1.15.041
Further DHCP change to ensure correct subnet when re-allocating oldest used addressRelease notes from Beta release 1.15.024 to Beta release 1.15.040
DHCP allocation was not always re-allocating the oldest unused IP when there was no more space, fixedRelease notes from Beta release 1.15.017 to Beta release 1.15.024
Changed protocol 41 to name Encap/SIPRelease notes from Beta release 1.15.013 to Beta release 1.15.017
Fixed a side effect of re-routing traffic where it would end up in the wrong speed lane and not tracking re-routed sessions correctlyRelease notes from Beta release 1.15.005 to Beta release 1.15.013
More subnets and speed lanesRelease notes from Beta release 1.15.004 to Beta release 1.15.005
Significant improvement to speed of tunnel traffic when shared secret is used.Release notes from Factory release 1.14.011 to Beta release 1.15.004
Security fix to ensure logs only accessable from authorised usersRelease notes from Factory release 1.14.000 to Factory release 1.14.011
Various optimisations and minor changesRelease notes from Factory release 1.12.000 to Factory release 1.14.000
Increased number of web sessions handled for admin pages.Release notes from Beta release 1.13.070 to Beta release 1.13.071
Further chnage to handling of DHCP when no allocations left. Previous beta could incorrectly re-use restricted allocation if it was the oldest.Release notes from Beta release 1.13.056 to Beta release 1.13.070
Increase number of port maps to 40 on the Plus.Release notes from Beta release 1.13.051 to Beta release 1.13.056
Switched profiles were not showing on quick set up screen if also controlling alert LED, fixedRelease notes from Beta release 1.13.046 to Beta release 1.13.051
Very subtle change such that TCP packets are allowed with FIN and/or RST when filter mode "bypass" is selected. Note filter mode "syn" still requires SYN and not ACK even if filter mode "bypass" also selected. Very specific application so don't worry if this makes no sense to you.Release notes from Beta release 1.13.045 to Beta release 1.13.046
Fixed input for MTU on tunnel so does not include comma if comma formatted, duh.Release notes from Beta release 1.13.041 to Beta release 1.13.045
Added source MAC to filter logging.Release notes from Beta release 1.13.038 to Beta release 1.13.041
Changed tunnel segment reassembly timeout to 2 seconds.Release notes from Factory release 1.12.000 to Beta release 1.13.038
Increased number of web sessions handled for admin pages.Release notes from Factory release 1.10.000 to Factory release 1.12.000
Changed time profiles so that there is always an option for the profile being off, and hence have removed the "OFF" time profile which is now "Not 24/7" and also removed "ping failure" option as it is "Not" the pinged option (expect for existing configurations still using this)Release notes from Beta release 1.11.041 to Beta release 1.11.042
Removed "serial" interface setting as not used.Release notes from Beta release 1.11.040 to Beta release 1.11.041
Minor bug in Boris - truncating the firebick name in interface selectionRelease notes from Beta release 1.11.035 to Beta release 1.11.040
Internal change for factory Labeling station.Release notes from Beta release 1.11.033 to Beta release 1.11.035
A recent beta release had broken the profile selection in filters - was always coking up 24/7 although changes took effect.Release notes from Beta release 1.11.023 to Beta release 1.11.033
Changed summer time adjust to happen at 1am local winter time. Was happening at 1am UTC, which is fine if you are in the UKRelease notes from Beta release 1.11.014 to Beta release 1.11.023
Filter profile selection correctedRelease notes from Beta release 1.11.011 to Beta release 1.11.014
Changed wording on profile screen to differenciate time controlled and switched profilesRelease notes from Factory release 1.10.000 to Beta release 1.11.011
Changed time profiles so that there is always an option for the profile being off, and hence have removed the "OFF" time profile which is now "Not 24/7" and also removed "ping failure" option as it is "Not" the pinged option (expect for existing configurations still using this)Release notes from Factory release 1.08.000 to Factory release 1.10.000
General tidy up after changing interrupt handlersRelease notes from Beta release 1.09.042 to Factory release 1.10.000
New factory release incorporating all 1.9 beta changes. Filter timeouts failed if they were over 999 and formatting with , selected. FixedRelease notes from Beta release 1.09.036 to Beta release 1.09.042
Minor internal changes for factory setupRelease notes from Beta release 1.09.031 to Beta release 1.09.036
Further minor change to TCP timeoutsRelease notes from Beta release 1.09.015 to Beta release 1.09.031
Slight change of behavior when bombarded with bogus web requests (like some worms do) so TCP sessions cleared more quickly.Release notes from Beta release 1.09.011 to Beta release 1.09.015
IP Protocol 55 was showing as garbage name rather than just 55, fixedRelease notes from Factory release 1.08.000 to Beta release 1.09.011
General tidy up after changing interrupt handlersRelease notes from Factory release 1.00.115 to Factory release 1.08.000
Minor change to ethernet driversRelease notes from Beta release 1.07.106 to Beta release 1.07.173
Once again we have changed interrupt handling - we have changed the interrupt handling several times to try and resolve an issue. A couple of customers have seen the FireBrick reset unexpectedly, and in some rare cases lose user interface or config. This has been extremely rare, but we finally reproduced it and we believe we have now solved it. The solution that appears to work is a change to interrupt handling which suggests that there may have been a hardware bug in one of the devices when used in a certain mode. Our previous changes have made these resets less likely, but this latest change appears to have stopped the problem completely.Release notes from Beta release 1.07.073 to Beta release 1.07.106
Yet another change on ethernet drivers, very slightly worse performance - anyone who has had problems with FireBricks resetting please try this version and let us know (support@firebrick.co.uk) how it goes, thanks.Release notes from Factory release 1.00.115 to Beta release 1.07.073
Minor change to ethernet driversRelease notes from Beta release 1.07.026 to Beta release 1.07.033
Further minor change to ethernet drivers.Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Beta release 1.07.026
New beta test series 1.7 started.Release notes from Factory release 1.06.053 to Factory release 1.06.056
DHCP requests now correctly include OPTIONS parameter in REQEUEST after DISCOVER - ensuring correct gateway setting on cable modems.Release notes from Factory release 1.06.044 to Factory release 1.06.053
Further minor changes to ethernet rx and tx interrupt handlingRelease notes from Factory release 1.06.041 to Factory release 1.06.044
Changed DHCP client to send host name with null termination like windows machines.Release notes from Factory release 1.06.038 to Factory release 1.06.041
Added TTL to ping scanningRelease notes from Factory release 1.06.033 to Factory release 1.06.038
Additional internal debugging added.Release notes from Factory release 1.06.031 to Factory release 1.06.033
Fixed column heading on lane control web pageRelease notes from Factory release 1.06.029 to Factory release 1.06.031
DHCP name based allocation now operates case insensitive - as some Windows versions send different case at different times!Release notes from Factory release 1.06.028 to Factory release 1.06.029
Stats log entries now number filters and lanes from 1 not 0 as per web pageRelease notes from Factory release 1.06.022 to Factory release 1.06.028
Erasing a speed lane now clears old stats on that laneRelease notes from Factory release 1.06.009 to Factory release 1.06.022
Erasing a tunnel clears the last from IP for dynamic tunnelsRelease notes from Factory release 1.06.005 to Factory release 1.06.009
Internal change (timer interrupts) - should be no noticable effectRelease notes from Factory release 1.06.003 to Factory release 1.06.005
Changed graphics slightlyRelease notes from Factory release 1.06.002 to Factory release 1.06.003
DHCP client will now only request the items it is actually going to useRelease notes from Factory release 1.06.000 to Factory release 1.06.002
Changed Mb to MB in setup for large session as is mega bytes not mega bitsRelease notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Beta release 1.07.033 to Factory release 1.00.115
Further internal changes regarding displaing the log. No information available Tunnels modified to work better from behind NATing routers (e.g. ISDN router) - tested on ZyXELNote that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Traceroute working correctly. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-:
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
Release notes from Factory release 1.06.056 to Factory release 1.00.115
New beta test series 1.7 started.Note that upgrades from older versions have been known to require a factory reset as per the manual. Upgrade from this to later versions should now be seemless with configurations preserved.
Now contains statistics for speed lane and filter use, and improved summer time handling on clock. Time profile on filters corrected. Minor changes and corrections. Minor changes, different icons layout for better working on narrow screens, and changed so default filters are OFF. Bugfix in tunnelling, and additional DHCP activity logging. More tunnelling improvements Allows for un-signed tunnels (leave secret blank). Upgrade to make live logging better Improved tunnels (works with MTU path discover allowing windows file shares over tunnels to work without manually adjusting MTU). Also added some general logging controls allowing filter failures to be logged, etc. Added extra diagnostics option. New, simpler factory reset procedure - see manuals for details. New default filters making lock-out less likely. Routes were not taking in to account time profiles... Fixed. Changes to internal operation of session tracking and port mapping. Port mapping has new "relay" feature allowing full relaying (changing source and destination addresses) as well as simple incoming port mapping via into NAT. Traceroute working correctly. Minor changes Default filter rules no longer allow connection to Firebrick from WAN port - i.e. this must be specifically allowed in the filters if required. Time profiles have a 24hour button on each day as well now. Bounce TCP not creating sessions now... Added domain name (setup/name) so can be served by DHCP server for windows clients, etc. Changed DHCP client mode to set gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server unless excluded as part of subnet setup. Changed DHCP server mode to allow specific items not to be served (gateway, dns server, time server, domain, syslog server) Logs/diagnostics understand more IP protocol types by name. Slightly faster packet switching code. Larger and faster MAC cache. Time Profiles now called Profiles as they do more than just handle time switching. Long session report now states filter name that applied to session Improved stats - current per second, and monthly(plus only) DNS relay fixed (was sending to wrong interface) 1.4.0 pre release Corrected speed lanes (broken in previous beta release). Online manuals updated ready for 1.4.0 release. Typo on the End session log output. Can now set comma/space number grouping (e.g. 12,345) Date format options (ISO/US/UK/Full) Removed 10% additional bandwidth on speed lanes - set the speed you actually want. Fixed bug in UDP time server. Stats update not rolled over on startup without clock. Very long log displays were causing the FB to reset - fixed. Rate displace (KB/s) now to 1 decimal place specially for people on BT NetStart lines (-: Moving filters was not correctly changing the session filter ID for live sessions. Changed TCP timeout back to 2 hours Changed session display so that can list by protocol. Changed TCP session handling to allow sessions to resume after long delays from allowed side. Speed lane changes if time profile or edit of shaping rules, now apply to active sessions. Fixed session leak - previous beta would not run for more than a few hours without stopping. Longer TCP session timouts, and improved security setting control for set up screens (viwe access was allowing some setup functions to bve done). Greatly improved port mapping allowing mapping of source address for general purpose relay as well as selective source IP for port mapping. Time profiles also working on port maps. New ping testing feature on time profiles - allows constant monitoring of an IP address and changing control settings based on loss of contact. TCP timeout set to 2 hours. Crash that was affecting beta releases now fixed. Improved handling for time profile ping scanning. Ping scanning still needed more work - fixed gatway addresses. LAN->LAN default filter was faulty (never matched!), fixed. DNS/TIMED forwarding fixed. For convenience, if a DNS address is set up and working, then most places where you type and IP address (tunnels/filters/portmaps/shaping) you can now type a host name. Works for simple A record lookup (not following CNAMEs, etc). DHCP server operates without clock set - leases issued for 2 hours as normal, but expiry not tracked on FireBrick so effectively unlimited until clock is actually set. Able to see list of active sessions. Can selectively kill sessions DHCP addresses allocated when clock not set now set to normal 2 hour expiry when clock is set. Session log shows which filter allows the session. Further internal changes regarding displaing the log.
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