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    <title>Shorewall QuickStart Guides (HOWTOs)</title>

    <authorgroup>
      <author>
        <firstname>Tom</firstname>

        <surname>Eastep</surname>
      </author>
    </authorgroup>

    <pubdate>2004-06-19</pubdate>

    <copyright>
      <year>2001-2004</year>

      <holder>Thomas M. Eastep</holder>
    </copyright>

    <legalnotice>
      <para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
      document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version
      1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with
      no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover, and with no Back-Cover
      Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
      <quote><ulink url="GnuCopyright.htm">GNU Free Documentation License</ulink></quote>.</para>
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  <para>With thanks to Richard who reminded me once again that we must all
  first walk before we can run.</para>

  <para>The French Translations of the single-IP guides are courtesy of
  Patrice Vetsel. Updated for Shorewall 2.0 by Fabien Demassieux.</para>

  <para>The French Translation of the Shorewall Setup Guide is courtesy of
  Fabien Demassieux.</para>

  <section id="Guides">
    <title>The Guides</title>

    <para>These guides provide step-by-step instructions for configuring
    Shorewall in common firewall setups.</para>

    <section>
      <title>If you have a <emphasis role="bold">single public IP address</emphasis></title>

      <para>These guides are designed to get your first firewall up and
      running quickly in the three most common Shorewall configurations. If
      you want to learn more about Shorewall than is explained in these simple
      guides then the <ulink url="shorewall_setup_guide.htm">Shorewall Setup
      Guide</ulink> is for you.<itemizedlist><listitem><para><ulink
      url="standalone.htm">Standalone</ulink> Linux System (<ulink
      url="standalone_fr.html">Version Française</ulink>)</para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink
      url="two-interface.htm">Two-interface</ulink> Linux System acting as a
      firewall/router for a small local network (<ulink
      url="two-interface_fr.html">Version Française</ulink>)</para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink
      url="three-interface.htm">Three-interface</ulink> Linux System acting as
      a firewall/router for a small local network and a DMZ.. (<ulink
      url="three-interface_fr.html">Version Française</ulink>)</para></listitem></itemizedlist></para>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>If you have more than one public IP address</title>

      <para>The <ulink url="shorewall_setup_guide.htm">Shorewall Setup Guide</ulink>
      outlines the steps necessary to set up a firewall where there are
      multiple public IP addresses involved or if you want to learn more about
      Shorewall than is explained in the single-address guides above (<ulink
      url="shorewall_setup_guide_fr.htm">Version Française</ulink>)</para>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>Guide that Others have Written</title>

      <para>Andrew Allen has provided <ulink
      url="http://unofficial-support.com/node/view/46">this guide</ulink> for
      installing Shorewall on standalone webhosting servers.</para>
    </section>
  </section>
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