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Dynamic Firewall

Summary

Support for dynamic firewall model with DBus interface. The current firewall model is static and requires a full firewall restart for all changes, even simple ones.

Owner

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora 13
  • Last updated: 2009-12-22
  • Percentage of completion: 10%

Detailed Description

system-config-firewall wiki page

Benefit to Fedora

The dynamic firewall mode will make it possible to change firewall settings without the need to restart the firewall and will make persistent connections possible.

Scope

Requires rebasing system-config-firewall to a new version.

How To Test

Compare firewall settings in static and dynamic mode.

User Experience

Connections will be persistent even after changing firewall settings.

Dependencies

  • iptables (no changes should be needed)

Contingency Plan

The current static mode will still be available, therefore backward compatible.

Documentation

See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SystemConfig/firewall for now.

Release Notes

To be done.

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