Thanks to the tireless efforts of Steven Springl, I believe that the new
release is stable enough for wider testing.

Since I uploaded an earlier version of the code, please check the MD5SUMs if
you download from a mirror:

c36b649668caa052830bf1cfb42aec5e  shorewall-4.0.0-0Beta1.noarch.rpm
2866b06b33fdbfdbf3141ab3b97c824a  shorewall-lite-4.0.0-0Beta1.noarch.rpm
934f9cbcc80b3c9cf29dc8e1ec32c1b2  shorewall-perl-4.0.0-0Beta1.noarch.rpm
adc4b91ea083f82cd6c6960bf73e3dca  shorewall-shell-4.0.0-0Beta1.noarch.rpm
68a4ac1637f9bcd43dad5c7fa4abfc0b  shorewall-4.0.0-Beta1.tar.bz2
c0a720d4d75c03ae2c768947e7093c40  shorewall-4.0.0-Beta1.tgz
78b70fb9f7f4b83825f0959796a8d9ea  shorewall-docs-html-4.0.0-Beta1.tar.bz2
95c444e51f7de8ccf18b86e266da6935  shorewall-docs-html-4.0.0-Beta1.tgz
02cb62f851aed4e9dbaa7e753e408e16  shorewall-docs-xml-4.0.0-Beta1.tar.bz2
3a5db8638f7b904e30828abd2794092d  shorewall-docs-xml-4.0.0-Beta1.tgz
1ebafdc6ea675ed50f589296f79a342d  shorewall-lite-4.0.0-Beta1.tar.bz2
f8fd4d441d78e5115aba60e4abce9b04  shorewall-lite-4.0.0-Beta1.tgz

The Beta release can be found in the
/pub/shorewall/development/4.0/shorewall-4.0.0-Beta1 directory at the
download sites (with the exception of SourceForge).

As I'm sure you are all aware, the centerpiece of 4.0.0 is Shorewall-perl,
the new compiler that not only runs much faster than the old compiler but
also does a more thorough job of validating the configuration.
Shorewall-perl also generates iptables-restore input so that the generated
script runs in a fraction of the time of a similar script produced by the
old compiler and does not disable new connections while it is running.

Please read the release notes carefully -- Shorewall-perl is not completely
compatible with the old compiler. The good news is that the old compiler is
still available and is largely unchanged from Shorewall 3.4.

Please pay particular attention to the upgrade instructions. You cannot
simply upgrade the "shorewall" package; you must also install one or both of
the compilers.

Not all of the documentation included with the release has been updated yet
for 4.0.0 -- please rely on the man pages that are installed as part of the
release (the online man pages are for Shorewall 3.4 only).

I expect the beta period to last throughout the summer with the first
release candidate in September or so.

Happy testing,
-Tom
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