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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Shorewall Support<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Tom Eastep<br>
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</span>Copyright © 2005 Thomas M. Eastep<br>
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<p>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version
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1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover, and with no Back-Cover
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Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled “<span
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class="quote"><a href="GnuCopyright.htm" target="_self">GNU Free
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Documentation License</a></span>”.<br>
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2005-11-12 16:48:58 +01:00
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<p>2005-11-12<br>
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<hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span
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style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span>
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<h2>Shorewall Versions</h2>
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There are different support resources available, depending on the
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Shorewall version you are running. To determine which version of
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Shorewall you are running, at a root
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shell prompt type <span style="font-weight: bold;">shorewall version.<br>
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Example:<br>
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style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">
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<pre style="background-color: rgb(190, 225, 246);">gateway:~# shorewall version<br><span
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style="font-weight: bold;">3.0</span>.0<br>gateway:~# <br></pre>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br>
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</span>In the above case, you want to select the 'Shorewall 3.x' links
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below.<br>
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<br>
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Please note that versions of Shorewall earlier than 2.0.0 are no longer
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supported.<br>
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<h2>Self-Help Resources</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>QuickStart Guides
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(HOWTOs for setting up Shorewall in popular configurations) -- <a
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href="2.0/shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm">Shorewall 2.x</a> <a
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href="shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm">Shorewall3.x</a><br>
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</li>
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<li>Shorewall Features (What it
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can do) -- <a href="2.0/shorewall_features.htm">Shorewall 2.x</a> <a
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href="shorewall_features.htm">Shorewall 3.x</a><br>
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</li>
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<li>Limitations (Some things that
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it cannot do) -- <a href="2.0/Shorewall_Doesnt.html">Shorewall 2.x</a>
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<a href="Shorewall_Doesnt.html">Shorewall 3.x</a><br>
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<li>FAQs -- <a href="2.0/FAQ.htm">Shorewall 2.x</a> <a
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href="FAQ.htm">Shorewall 3.x</a><br>
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<li>Troubleshooting Guide -- <a href="2.0/troubleshoot.htm">Shorewall
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2.x</a> <a href="troubleshoot.htm">Shorewall 3.x</a><br>
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<li><a href="upgrade_issues.htm">Upgrade Issues</a> (when you
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encounter problems after upgrading your Shorewall installation)<br>
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<h2>Errata</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>At each download site (with the exception of SourceForge), the
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directory for each release contains the following:</li>
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<ul>
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<li>A <span style="font-weight: bold;">known_problems.txt</span>
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file that details the problems found in that release</li>
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<li>An <span style="font-weight: bold;">errata</span> directory
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containing updated Shorewall components that correct problems described
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in the known_problems.txt file.</li>
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<li>If you are not running the latest minor release, be sure to check
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the releases newer than yours to see if your issue has been addressed
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in a newer version.<br>
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<h2>Getting Help</h2>
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<li>Reporting a problem or asking for help -- <a
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href="2.0/support.htm">Shorewall 2.x</a> <a href="support.htm">Shorewall
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3.x</a><br>
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