diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ strongswan-4.1.7
   those pending connections inserted by auto=start after the
   port floating from 500 to 4500 were erronously deleted.
 
+- Added a "forceencaps" connection parameter to enforce UDP encapsulation
+  to hurdle restrictive firewalls. NAT detection payloads are faked to
+  simulate a NAT situation and trick the other peer into NAT mode (IKEv2 only).
+
+- Preview of strongSwan Manager, a web based configuration and monitoring
+  application. It uses a new XML control interface to query the IKEv2 daemon
+  (see http://trac.strongswan.org/wiki/Manager).
+
+- Experimental SQLite configuration backend which will provide the configuration
+  interface for strongSwan Manager in future releases.
+
+- Further improvements to MOBIKE support.
+
 
 strongswan-4.1.6
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