Vuurmuur 0.8 bèta 1 is released. Vuurmuur (Dutch for Firewall) is a powerful Firewall Manager built on top of the Linux Iptables.

Vuurmuur has a simple & easy to learn configuration that allows both simple & complex configurations. The configuration can be fully configured through an Ncurses GUI, which allows secure remote administration through SSH, or on the console.

Vuurmuur supports traffic shaping, has powerful monitoring features, which allow the administrator to look at the logs, connections & bandwidth usage in realtime.

Release notes

• Work around a buggy Jaunty kernel that doesn't properly update /proc/net/ip_tables_targets and /proc/net/ip_tables_matches. Fixes #84.
• Add init info to the Debian init script. Copied from the official Debian init script for vuurmuur by Daniel Baumann. Should fix #85.
• Apply patches from ticket #89 by Matthijs Kooijman, in preparation of allowing optional more relaxed permission handling (See #88). Thanks Matthijs!
• Change the way iptrafvol.pl is executed. Should fix #68.
• Don't forget to set ip_forwarding when LOG target or limit match support hasn't been detected. Fixes #82.
• Handle text input of rule separator lines better. Fixes #73.
• Check in initial version of a bash/dialog bash quick setup wizard. A script that aimed at creating a working, but simple, Vuurmuur configuration quickly.
• Fix LOAD_MODULES loading from config file.
• Enable executing the wizard through vuurmuur_conf --wizard.

You can download Vuurmuur 0.8 bèta 1 here.