Editing Shorewall (section)

== History ==
Starting with version 4, Shorewall began using a [[Perl]]-based compiler frontend; previously it used a shell-based compiler frontend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/4.4/shorewall-4.4.3/releasenotes.txt|format=TXT|title= R E L E A S E 4 . 4 H I G H L I G H T S|website=Shorewall|accessdate=22 November 2014}}</ref> Support for [[IPv6]] firewalling is included since version 4.2.4.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Eastep|first=Tom|date=2019-02-18|title=Shoreline Firewall (Shorewall)|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/shorewall/|access-date=2021-04-19|website=Sourceforge (Shorewall)}}</ref>

On 18 February 2019, primary developer Tom Eastep announced that he is retiring from the project, and 5.2.3 would be his final release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/p/shorewall/mailman/message/36589782/|title=Shoreline Firewall (Shorewall) / [Shorewall-users] The end of the road...|website=sourceforge.net (Shorewall)|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref> Management of the Shorewall project was handed over to a Shorewall committee who would manage the future direction of the Shorewall project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/p/shorewall/mailman/message/36596609/|title=Shoreline Firewall (Shorewall) / [Shorewall-announce] The Next Chapter for Shorewall|website=sourceforge.net (Shorewall)|access-date=2020-10-29}}</ref> Tom Eastep however continues to be a major contributor to the Shorewall project as of September 2020.