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Debian Changelog fireflier (1.1.6-3etch1)

2007

fireflier (1.1.6-3etch1) stable-security; urgency=high

   * Non-maintainer upload by The Security Team.
   * Fix the unsafe usage of temporary files, allowing arbitary file deletion.
     [CVE-2007-2837]

 -- Steve Kemp <skx@debian.org>  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:40:03 +0000

2006

fireflier (1.1.6-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * to fix all those build problems now and forever I finally
     removed automake from the build depends
   * removed automake1.7 from build depends
   * fixed an init script problem where the server didnt start on
     missing modules.dep

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 13:26:37 +0100

2005

fireflier (1.1.6-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed the fireflier-server postrm script

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 13:26:37 +0100

fireflier (1.1.6-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * added debconf-2.0 alternative dependency
   * /var/lib/fireflier/usrules.dat is removed on purge

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:26:37 +0100

fireflier (1.1.6) unstable; urgency=low

   * wont add port matches for connection tracking rules (RELATED,ESTABLISHED)
     as ports may differ (esp in RELATED rules).

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Mon, 9 Sep 2005 13:26:37 +0100

2004

fireflier (1.1.5) unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed a bug relating to incoming/outgoing interfaces
     the interface was displayed at the wrong position
   * zero length (=empty) passwords work now
     (but you shouldnt use them - they are evil)
   * autologin feature - look at AUTOLOGIN (maybe at /usr/share/doc/...)
   * merged in patch from Yves Combe (thanks a lot for this work):
     - fixes a lot of endian problems -->
       ff should work on archs like ppc now
   * patch from Andreas Jochens fixing gcc 3.4 build

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Mon, 9 Aug 2004 13:26:37 +0100

fireflier (1.1.4-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * removed the broken template stuff
   * fireflier server init script outputs a message if server is deactivated
   * changed build depend from automake1.4 to automake

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Fri, 14 Apr 2004 13:26:37 +0100

fireflier (1.1.4-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * build depends now on g++ instead of g++-3.2
     fireflier compiles without problems on g++-3.3,
     so this build dependency was incorrect.
     (closes: #236438)

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 13:29:00 +0100

fireflier (1.1.4-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed some lintian problems:
      - included dh_strip again
      - removed some documentation files from deb packages (INSTALL, ...)
      - added reference to GPL to the copyright file on debian systems
   * added COPYING file to tarball, stating that linking
   	against openssl is allowed. This message was so far only in
     the debian packages. shame on me

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:29:00 +0100

fireflier (1.1.4) unstable; urgency=low

   * updated queued pakets mechanism: if the queue is full, the oldest packet
     is dropped, not the newest. reduced queue size to 10 (was 50)
   * default login name in qtclient is determined by getlogin now.
   * there is now a kde version of the qtclient
     it has a dock icon, which displays if packets are pending,
     and supports (optional) auto-popup of the fireflier window

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Mon, 19 Jan 2004 13:29:00 +0100

2003

fireflier (1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low

   * gnomeclient and qtclient do port resolution now
   * server does forking (-d). pidfile supported
   * updated the init script
   * fixed some compile issues for suse (tested server and qtclient)

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Sat, 8 Nov 2003 13:29:00 +0100

fireflier (1.1.2-1) unstable; urgency=high

   * updated gnomeclient autogen.sh, and build dependency on automake-1.7
     so that it should compile on the build daemons now

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:29:00 +0100

fireflier (1.1.2) unstable; urgency=high

   * fixed a DOS attack, where anyone who had access to the
     fireflier-server port could prevent logins to the server.
     Notice, that only one IP has access to the fireflier port
     by default.
   * /var/run/fireflier/usrules is no longer world readable
   * qtclient now terminates when there is already a connected user
   * valgrind and electric fence runs - minor changes
   * extended debian descriptions. closes #209490, closes #209679
   * improved documentation a little bit.
     added progress messages to the status bar. closes #187231
   * changed some fonts in qtclient (fixed width font in rulesform now)

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:29:00 +0100

fireflier (1.1.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed gnomeclient automake problems
     (automake specific links were not updated on rebuild

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:29:00 +0100

fireflier (1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed a gcc-3.3 compile error. (closes: #197723)

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:29:00 +0100

fireflier (1.1-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * added libtool to build-depends

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:29:00 +0100

fireflier (1.1-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * added autoconf and automake to build-depends
   * adapted debian/rules to changed qt include directory

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Wed, 04 Mar 2003 22:29:00 +0100

fireflier (1.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Now again with the correct libqt3 include paths....

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 22:29:00 +0100

fireflier (1.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * closed security hole where users could read and delete
     iptables and userspace rules while not being logged in
   * redesigned interface
   * first working gtk client (thanks to Klaus Triendl)
   * README updated
   * qtclient Makefile updates (qt detection)
   * iptables path fix for suse

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Don, 13 Feb 2003 10:00:00 +0200

2002

fireflier (1.0a) unstable; urgency=low

   * code cleanup in server. replaced defines and literals by enums

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Fri, 23 Nov 2002 10:00:00 +0200

fireflier (1.0) unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed another gcc 3.x compile bug
   * adapted to changed iptables library (they moved the header files)

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:00:00 +0200

fireflier (0.9.3) unstable; urgency=low

   * exchanged sun jsse with miniSSL by BebboSoft (www.bebbosoft.de).
     See README for details.
   * removed the javaclients from the debian packages (not that sure
     about the DFSG conformance of the BebboSoft licence - see miniSSL)
   * created an applet version of the javaclient (use applet.patch.0.9.3)
   * fixed minor bugs

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 10:00:00 +0200

fireflier (0.9.2) unstable; urgency=low

   * modified java client to compile with java 1.4
     notice that you would have to edit fireflier.java
     to get this working. (cf README)
   * fixed server to compile with newer pam versions
   * fixed a small bug in resolver
   * changed font in qtclient rules_dialog
   * fixed some gcc3.x problems in qtclient, maybe it compiles now
     can't verify this, as I don't have qt3.x compiled with gcc3.x
   * if you use this package, it would be nice if you sent feedback (see README)
   * fixed some minor bugs

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Tue, 19 Jul 2002 10:00:00 +0200

fireflier (0.9.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed resolver

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Tue, 3 Jun 2002 10:00:00 +0200

fireflier (0.9) unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed two bugs which prevented timeouting userspace rules from being deleted
   * fixed bug not saving protocol on insert of port matching rule
   * fixed bug which stopped server from sending packets to client
   * various other bugs
   * work on qtclient (status: useable)
   * created debs for qtclient
   * created configure script for qtclient (should be improved)
   * hispirit (status: not useable)  started work on gtkclient
   * removed sun-jsse from source!!! (license problems). You will need to
       get this yourself. (unless you don't need the javaclient)
   * removed javaclient from debian build scripts

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Tue, 1 Jun 2002 10:00:00 +0200

fireflier (0.8) unstable; urgency=low

   * fixed a bug regarding close buttons in iptables/userspace rules dialogs
   * sourceforge registration
   * first official release
   * debian packages for server
   * corrected alloc bug
   * created README
   * corrected bug when deleting userspace rules (bug in javaclient)

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Tue, 7 May 2002 10:00:00 +0200

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fireflier (0.8pre3)

  * corrected bug when creating rules of non-existent values (server crashed)
  * improved javaclient optical design
  * review of code. some general changings (assertions, ...)
  * debugging
  * javaclient: fixed popup windows. iptables list and userspace list may not coexist
  * fixed Makefile, so that configfiles are not overwritten on upgrade
  * startup script should be working by now. Copy it to /etc/init.d and create the necessary links

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Tue, 21 Apr 2002 10:00:00 +0200

fireflier (0.8pre2)

  * corrected configure script to abort on missing libraries
  * userspace rules are saved whenever a new rule is inserted (formerly only on exit)
  * got rid of startup.sh: handling of client ip now via config file. 
    Filtering is done in userspace (as little traffic expected)
    ip_queue rules are inserted on startup and deleted on shutdown (cf. Configfile: create_queue_rules)

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Tue, 18 Apr 2002 10:00:00 +0200

fireflier (0.8pre1)
  * first pre version

 -- Martin Maurer <fireflier@gibraltar.at>  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:00:00 +0200

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 2002-02-0x
  * development started