iptables 1.2.9 released

Hi!

The netfilter coreteam proudly presents:

	iptables version 1.2.9

1.2.9 is (like most other 1.2.x releases) a maintainance release,
containing lots of bugfixes that have accumulated over time.

The ChangeLog is attached to this mail.

Version 1.2.9 can be obtained from:

	http://www.netfilter.org/files/iptables-1.2.9.tar.bz2
	ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/iptables/iptables-1.2.9.tar.bz2

Please note that since iptables-1.2.7, patch-o-matic is no longer part of
iptables, but distributed as a seperate package.  You can obtain the
latest release and daily CVS snapshots from:

	ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/patch-o-matic/
	
More information can be found at the netfilter/iptables project homepage,
available at:

	http://www.netfilter.org/
	http://www.iptables.org/

Happy firewalling,

-- 
- Harald Welte <laforge-AT-netfilter.org>             http://www.netfilter.org/
============================================================================
  "Fragmentation is like classful addressing -- an interesting early
   architectural error that shows how much experimentation was going
   on while IP was being designed."                    -- Paul Vixie
iptables v1.2.9 Changelog
======================================================================
This version requires kernel >= 2.4.4
This version recommends kernel >= 2.4.18

Bugs Fixed from 1.2.8:

- ip(6)tables-save/restore: fix memory leaks
	[ Harald Welte, Martin Josefsson ]
- ip6tables: fix printout of odd length netmasks
	[ Mikko Markus Torni ]
- condition match: fix iptables-save
	[ Stephane Ouellette ]
- fuzzy match: fix ip(6)tables-save
	[ Hime Aguiar e Oliveira Jr. ]
- mac match: fix ip(6)tables-save if used inverted (!)
	[ David Zambonini, Martin Josefsson ]
- ip6tables udp match: check for invalid port ranges
	[ Thomas Poehnitz ]
- LOG target: fix iptables-save (save loglevel numerically)
	[ Thomas Woerner ]
- mport match: fix iptables-save (save numerically)
	[ Thomas Woerner ]
- libipq: fix ipq_id_t definition on 'real' 64bit/64bit architectures
	[ Ryan Veety ]
- libip6tc: fix ipv6_prefix_length endianness bugs
	[ Mikko Markus Torni ]
- MASQUERADE target: don't accept negative port numbers
	[ Yasuyuki Kozakai ]
- physdev match: fix new structure layout for kernel > 2.6.0-test8
	[ Bart De Schuymer ]

Changes from 1.2.8:

- build plugins for connlimit, iprange, realm, CLASSIFY, CONNMARK, NETMAP
	[ Harald Welte ]
- libip(6)tc: Speedup due to inceremental chain cache updates
	[ Harald Welte ]
- recent match: Update to version 0.3.1 that was submitted to the kernel
	[ Stephen Frost ]
- physdev match: add --physdev-is-{in,out,bridge} option
	[ Bart de Schuymer ]
- REJECT target: add support for ICMP administratively prohibited 
	[ Maciej Soltysiak ]
- conntrack match: add suport for CONFIRMED / unconfirmed state
	[ Harald Welte ]
- ROUTE target: new option: continue traversal
	[ Cedric de Launois ]
- varios cosmetic cleanups
	[ Stephane Ouellette ]
- iptables/libiptc: add support for the new 'raw' table
	[ Jozsef Kadlecsik ]

Please note: Since version 1.2.7a, patch-o-matic is now no longer part of
iptables but rather distributed as a seperate package
(ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/patch-o-matic/)