version 200911061745: - platform upgraded to FreeBSD 7.2 [ finally! ] This version requires that a firewall be re-installed from scratch. Before re-installing an existing firewall, save a snapshot using the maintenance menu ... M > Maintenance menu ... and running any of ... r save to remote f save to floppy d save to DOS floppy Then re-install the firewall software from scratch, reply with "update" when prompted for the system type, and supply the snapshot which was saved using one of the steps mentioned above. Note that this only work for snapshots from firewalls running on FreeBSD-5 (ie. firewall version 200510111416 or later). To upgrade an earlier firewall (version 200401051359 or later): - save the firewall permission set using the command ... w store permission set ... in the main menu. - install the latest firewall software from scratch. - load the saved permission set. for details refer to the Install guide under "loading a firewall permission set". In order to upgrade a firewall older than version 200401051359 it will be necessary to either manually extract the permissions from a snapshot and load the extracted file into the new firewall or just manually re-enter the permissions into the new firewall. version 200911171428: - minor tweaks to system summary script ('s' in menu). version 200911241438: - disable kernel watchdog if MPT RAID rebuilding detected. - avoid IPFW log messages during shutdown. - create syslog files if missing. version 200911301136: - add NIC media flags to "IP settings" version 200912011608: - tweak sys_guard. version 200912031744: - retweak sys_guard. fix other scripts. version 201001071233: - restore 'established' checking. bypasses state-table timeouts. [completes an unfinished change.] version 201001071859: - avoid keep-state with LOOSE_TCP. version 201001151841: - disable bridge MAC address cache. fixes problem exposed by VMware's vSwitch RARPs. version 201002191842: - tighter checking of IP addresses as they're typed in.