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Bug#839671: linux-image-4.7.0-1-amd64: NEWS should document conntrack policy changes

From Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#839671: linux-image-4.7.0-1-amd64: NEWS should document conntrack policy changes
Date 2016-10-03 22:10 +0200
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On Mon, 2016-10-03 at 13:24 -0400, Matthew Gabeler-Lee wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 4.7.5-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> The 4.7 kernel seems to have MASSIVELY changed how firewalls are allowed to
> use conntrack modules by default, rendering many common firewall
> configurations invalid in significant ways.
> 
> This should be called out in the NEWS (possibly conditional on having some
> common firewall tools installed or something?) so that administrators are
> not caught by surprise.
[...]

The kernel has warned about reliance on auto-loading conntrack helpers
since 3.5, so this should not be surprising.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Horngren's Observation:
                   Among economists, the real world is often a special
case.

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Bug#839671: linux-image-4.7.0-1-amd64: NEWS should document conntrack policy changes Matthew Gabeler-Lee <cheetah@fastcat.org> - 2016-10-03 19:30 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#839671: linux-image-4.7.0-1-amd64: NEWS should  document conntrack policy changes owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2016-10-03 22:10 +0200
  Bug#839671: linux-image-4.7.0-1-amd64: NEWS should document conntrack policy changes Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-10-03 22:10 +0200
    Bug#839671: linux-image-4.7.0-1-amd64: NEWS should document conntrack policy changes Matthew Gabeler-Lee <cheetah@fastcat.org> - 2016-10-04 14:40 +0200

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