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<title>Shorewall Squid Usage</title>
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<td valign="middle" width="33%" bgcolor="#400169"><a
href="http://www.squid-cache.org/"><img src="images/squidnow.gif"
alt="" width="88" height="31" hspace="4">
</a><br>
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</a><br>
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<td valign="middle" height="90" align="center" width="34%"><font
color="#ffffff"><b><big><big><big><big>Using Shorewall with Squid</big></big></big></big></b></font><br>
</td>
<td valign="middle" height="90" width="33%" align="right"><a
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<td valign="middle" height="90" width="33%" align="right"><a
href="http://www.squid-cache.org/"><img src="images/cache_now.gif"
alt="" width="100" height="31" hspace="4">
</a><br>
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</a><br>
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<br>
This page covers Shorewall configuration to use with <a
href="http://www.squid-cache.org/">Squid </a>running as a <u><b>Transparent
Proxy</b></u>.&nbsp;<br>
<a href="#DMZ"></a><br>
<img border="0" src="images/j0213519.gif" width="60" height="60"
<br>
This page covers Shorewall configuration to use with <a
href="http://www.squid-cache.org/">Squid </a>running as a <u><b>Transparent
Proxy</b></u>.&nbsp;<br>
<a href="#DMZ"></a><br>
<img border="0" src="images/j0213519.gif" width="60" height="60"
alt="Caution" align="middle">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Please observe the following general requirements:<br>
<br>
<b><img src="images/BD21298_3.gif" alt="" width="13" height="13">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>In all cases, Squid should be configured to run
as a transparent proxy as described at <a
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Please observe the following general requirements:<br>
<br>
<b><img src="images/BD21298_3.gif" alt="" width="13" height="13">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>In all cases, Squid should be configured to
run as a transparent proxy as described at <a
href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/TransparentProxy-4.html">http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/TransparentProxy-4.html</a>.<br>
<b><br>
</b><b><img src="images/BD21298_3.gif" alt="" width="13"
<b><br>
</b><b><img src="images/BD21298_3.gif" alt="" width="13"
height="13">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>The following instructions mention the files
/etc/shorewall/start and /etc/shorewall/init -- if you don't have those
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>The following instructions mention the files
/etc/shorewall/start and /etc/shorewall/init -- if you don't have those
files, siimply create them.<br>
<br>
<b><img src="images/BD21298_3.gif" alt="" width="13" height="13">
</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When the Squid server is in the DMZ zone or
in the local zone, that zone must be defined ONLY by its interface -- no
/etc/shorewall/hosts file entries. That is because the packets being routed
<br>
<b><img src="images/BD21298_3.gif" alt="" width="13" height="13">
</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When the Squid server is in the DMZ zone or
in the local zone, that zone must be defined ONLY by its interface -- no
/etc/shorewall/hosts file entries. That is because the packets being routed
to the Squid server still have their original destination IP addresses.<br>
<br>
<b><img src="images/BD21298_3.gif" alt="" width="13" height="13">
</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You must have iptables installed on your Squid
server.<br>
<br>
<b><img src="images/BD21298_3.gif" alt="" width="13" height="13">
</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You must have NAT and MANGLE enabled in your
/etc/shorewall/conf file<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><font color="#009900">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NAT_ENABLED=Yes<br>
</font></b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font
<br>
<b><img src="images/BD21298_3.gif" alt="" width="13" height="13">
</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You must have iptables installed on your Squid
server.<br>
<br>
<b><img src="images/BD21298_3.gif" alt="" width="13" height="13">
</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You must have NAT and MANGLE enabled in your
/etc/shorewall/conf file<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><font color="#009900">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NAT_ENABLED=Yes<br>
</font></b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font
color="#009900"><b>MANGLE_ENABLED=Yes</b></font><br>
<br>
Three different configurations are covered:<br>
<br>
Three different configurations are covered:<br>
<ol>
<li><a href="Shorewall_Squid_Usage.html#Firewall">Squid running on
the Firewall.</a></li>
<li><a href="Shorewall_Squid_Usage.html#Local">Squid running in the
<li><a href="Shorewall_Squid_Usage.html#Firewall">Squid running on
the Firewall.</a></li>
<li><a href="Shorewall_Squid_Usage.html#Local">Squid running in the
local network</a></li>
<li><a href="Shorewall_Squid_Usage.html#DMZ">Squid running in the
<li><a href="Shorewall_Squid_Usage.html#DMZ">Squid running in the
DMZ</a></li>
</ol>
<h2><a name="Firewall"></a>Squid Running on the Firewall</h2>
You want to redirect all local www connection requests EXCEPT
those to your own
http server (206.124.146.177)
to a Squid transparent
proxy running on the firewall and listening on port 3128. Squid
You want to redirect all local www connection requests
EXCEPT those to your
own http server (206.124.146.177)
to a Squid transparent
proxy running on the firewall and listening on port 3128. Squid
will of course require access to remote web servers.<br>
<br>
In /etc/shorewall/rules:<br>
<br>
<br>
In /etc/shorewall/rules:<br>
<br>
<blockquote>
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><b>ACTION</b></td>
<td><b>SOURCE</b></td>
<td><b>DEST</b></td>
<td><b> PROTO</b></td>
<td><b>DEST<br>
PORT(S)</b></td>
<td><b>SOURCE<br>
PORT(S)</b></td>
<td><b>ORIGINAL<br>
DEST</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>REDIRECT</td>
<td>loc</td>
<td>3128</td>
<td>tcp</td>
<td>www</td>
<td> -<br>
</td>
<td>!206.124.146.177</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ACCEPT</td>
<td>fw</td>
<td>net</td>
<td>tcp</td>
<td>www</td>
<td> <br>
</td>
<td> <br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
</blockquote>
<h2><a name="Local"></a>Squid Running in the local network</h2>
You want to redirect all local www connection requests to a Squid
transparent proxy
running in your local zone at 192.168.1.3 and listening on port 3128.
Your local interface is eth1. There may also be a web server running on
192.168.1.3. It is assumed that web access is already enabled from the local
zone to the internet.<br>
<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>WARNING: </b></font>This setup may conflict with
other aspects of your gateway including but not limited to traffic shaping
and route redirection. For that reason, <b>I don't recommend it</b>.<br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>On your firewall system, issue the following command<br>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<pre><b><font color="#009900">echo 202 www.out &gt;&gt; /etc/iproute2/rt_tables</font></b><br></pre>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>In /etc/shorewall/init, put:<br>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<pre><b><font color="#009900">if [ -z "`ip rule list | grep www.out`" ] ; then<br> ip rule add fwmark 202 table www.out<br> ip route add default via 192.168.1.3 dev eth1 table www.out<br> ip route flush cache<br> echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth1/send_redirects<br>fi<br></font></b></pre>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>In /etc/shorewall/rules:<br>
<br>
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><b>ACTION</b></td>
<td><b>SOURCE</b></td>
<td><b>DEST</b></td>
<td><b> PROTO</b></td>
<td><b>DEST<br>
PORT(S)</b></td>
<td><b>SOURCE<br>
PORT(S)</b></td>
<td><b>ORIGINAL<br>
DEST</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ACCEPT<br>
</td>
<td>loc</td>
<td>loc<br>
</td>
<td>tcp</td>
<td>www</td>
<td> <br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
</li>
<li>Alternativfely, you can have the following policy:<br>
<br>
<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><b>SOURCE<br>
</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>DESTINATION<br>
</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>POLICY<br>
</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>LOG LEVEL<br>
</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>BURST PARAMETERS<br>
</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">loc<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">loc<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">ACCEPT<br>
</td>
<td valign="top"><br>
</td>
<td valign="top"><br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
</li>
<li>In /etc/shorewall/start add:<br>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><b>ACTION</b></td>
<td><b>SOURCE</b></td>
<td><b>DEST</b></td>
<td><b> PROTO</b></td>
<td><b>DEST<br>
PORT(S)</b></td>
<td><b>SOURCE<br>
PORT(S)</b></td>
<td><b>ORIGINAL<br>
DEST</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>REDIRECT</td>
<td>loc</td>
<td>3128</td>
<td>tcp</td>
<td>www</td>
<td> -<br>
</td>
<td>!206.124.146.177</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ACCEPT</td>
<td>fw</td>
<td>net</td>
<td>tcp</td>
<td>www</td>
<td> <br>
</td>
<td> <br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
<pre><font color="#009900"><b>iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -i eth1 -s ! 192.168.1.3 -p tcp --dport 80 -j MARK --set-mark 202</b></font><br></pre>
</blockquote>
<h2><a name="Local"></a>Squid Running in the local network</h2>
You want to redirect all local www connection requests to a Squid
transparent proxy
running in your local zone at 192.168.1.3 and listening on port 3128.
Your local interface is eth1. There may also be a web server running on
192.168.1.3. It is assumed that web access is already enabled from the local
zone to the internet.<br>
<p><font color="#ff0000"><b>WARNING: </b></font>This setup may conflict with
other aspects of your gateway including but not limited to traffic shaping
and route redirection. For that reason, <b>I don't recommend it</b>.<br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>On your firewall system, issue the following command<br>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<pre><b><font color="#009900">echo 202 www.out &gt;&gt; /etc/iproute2/rt_tables</font></b><br></pre>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>In /etc/shorewall/init, put:<br>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<pre><b><font color="#009900">if [ -z "`ip rule list | grep www.out`" ] ; then<br> ip rule add fwmark 202 table www.out<br> ip route add default via 192.168.1.3 dev eth1 table www.out<br> ip route flush cache<br> echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth1/send_redirects<br>fi<br></font></b></pre>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>In /etc/shorewall/rules:<br>
<br>
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><b>ACTION</b></td>
<td><b>SOURCE</b></td>
<td><b>DEST</b></td>
<td><b> PROTO</b></td>
<td><b>DEST<br>
PORT(S)</b></td>
<td><b>SOURCE<br>
PORT(S)</b></td>
<td><b>ORIGINAL<br>
DEST</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ACCEPT<br>
</td>
<td>loc</td>
<td>loc<br>
</td>
<td>tcp</td>
<td>www</td>
<td> <br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
</li>
<li>Alternativfely, you can have the following policy:<br>
<br>
<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><b>SOURCE<br>
</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>DESTINATION<br>
</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>POLICY<br>
</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>LOG LEVEL<br>
</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>BURST PARAMETERS<br>
</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">loc<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">loc<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">ACCEPT<br>
</td>
<td valign="top"><br>
</td>
<td valign="top"><br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
</li>
<li>In /etc/shorewall/start add:<br>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<pre><font color="#009900"><b>iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -i eth1 -s ! 192.168.1.3 -p tcp --dport 80 -j MARK --set-mark 202</b></font><br></pre>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>On 192.168.1.3, arrange for the following command to be executed
<li>On 192.168.1.3, arrange for the following command to be executed
after networking has come up<br>
<pre><b><font color="#009900">iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -d ! 192.168.1.3 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 3128</font></b><br></pre>
</li>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote> If you are running RedHat on the server, you can simply execute
the following commands after you have typed the iptables command above:<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote> If you are running RedHat on the server, you can simply execute
the following commands after you have typed the iptables command above:<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote> </blockquote>
<pre><font color="#009900"><b>iptables-save &gt; /etc/sysconfig/iptables</b></font><font
color="#009900"><b><br>chkconfig --level 35 iptables start<br></b></font></pre>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote> </blockquote>
<h2><a name="DMZ"></a>Squid Running in the DMZ (This is what I do)</h2>
You have a single Linux system in your DMZ with IP address 192.0.2.177.
You want to run both a web server and Squid on that system. Your DMZ interface
You have a single Linux system in your DMZ with IP address 192.0.2.177.
You want to run both a web server and Squid on that system. Your DMZ interface
is eth1 and your local interface is eth2.<br>
<ul>
<li>On your firewall system, issue the following command<br>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<pre><font color="#009900"><b>echo 202 www.out &gt;&gt; /etc/iproute2/rt_tables</b></font><br></pre>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>In /etc/shorewall/init, put:<br>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<pre><font color="#009900"><b>if [ -z "`ip rule list | grep www.out`" ] ; then<br> ip rule add fwmark 202 table www.out<br> ip route add default via 192.0.2.177 dev eth1 table www.out<br> ip route flush cache<br>fi</b></font><br></pre>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>&nbsp;Do<b> one </b>of the following:<br>
<br>
A) In /etc/shorewall/start add<br>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<pre><b><font color="#009900"> iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth2 -p tcp --dport 80 -j MARK --set-mark 202</font></b><br></pre>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>B) Set MARK_IN_FORWARD_CHAIN=No in /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf
and add the following entry in /etc/shorewall/tcrules:<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<table cellpadding="2" border="1" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top">MARK<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">SOURCE<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">DESTINATION<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">PROTOCOL<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">PORT<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">CLIENT PORT<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">202<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">eth2<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">0.0.0.0/0<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">tcp<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">80<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">-<br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</blockquote>
C) Run Shorewall 1.3.14 or later and add the following entry in /etc/shorewall/tcrules:<br>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>On your firewall system, issue the following command<br>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<pre><font color="#009900"><b>echo 202 www.out &gt;&gt; /etc/iproute2/rt_tables</b></font><br></pre>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>In /etc/shorewall/init, put:<br>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<pre><font color="#009900"><b>if [ -z "`ip rule list | grep www.out`" ] ; then<br> ip rule add fwmark 202 table www.out<br> ip route add default via 192.0.2.177 dev eth1 table www.out<br> ip route flush cache<br>fi</b></font><br></pre>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>&nbsp;Do<b> one </b>of the following:<br>
<br>
A) In /etc/shorewall/start add<br>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<pre><b><font color="#009900"> iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -i eth2 -p tcp --dport 80 -j MARK --set-mark 202</font></b><br></pre>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>B) Set MARK_IN_FORWARD_CHAIN=No in /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf
and add the following entry in /etc/shorewall/tcrules:<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<table cellpadding="2" border="1" cellspacing="0">
@ -385,7 +346,7 @@ zone to the internet.<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">202:P<br>
<td valign="top">202<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">eth2<br>
</td>
@ -402,90 +363,130 @@ zone to the internet.<br>
</tbody>
</table>
</blockquote>
<br>
</blockquote>
C) Run Shorewall 1.3.14 or later and add the following entry in /etc/shorewall/tcrules:<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<table cellpadding="2" border="1" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top">MARK<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">SOURCE<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">DESTINATION<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">PROTOCOL<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">PORT<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">CLIENT PORT<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">202:P<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">eth2<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">0.0.0.0/0<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">tcp<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">80<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">-<br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</blockquote>
<br>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>In /etc/shorewall/rules, you will need:</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<table cellpadding="2" border="1" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top">ACTION<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">SOURCE<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">DEST<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">PROTO<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">DEST<br>
PORT(S)<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">CLIENT<br>
PORT(2)<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">ORIGINAL<br>
DEST<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">ACCEPT<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">dmz<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">net<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">tcp<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">80<br>
</td>
<td valign="top"><br>
</td>
<td valign="top"><br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>On 192.0.2.177 (your Web/Squid server), arrange for the following
command to be executed after networking has come up<br>
<pre><font color="#009900"><b>iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -d ! 192.0.2.177 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 3128</b></font><br></pre>
</li>
<li>In /etc/shorewall/rules, you will need:</li>
</ul>
<blockquote> If you are running RedHat on the server, you can simply execute
the following commands after you have typed the iptables command above:<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<table cellpadding="2" border="1" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top">ACTION<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">SOURCE<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">DEST<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">PROTO<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">DEST<br>
PORT(S)<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">CLIENT<br>
PORT(2)<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">ORIGINAL<br>
DEST<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">ACCEPT<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">dmz<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">net<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">tcp<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">80<br>
</td>
<td valign="top"><br>
</td>
<td valign="top"><br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
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<li>On 192.0.2.177 (your Web/Squid server), arrange for the following
command to be executed after networking has come up<br>
<pre><font color="#009900"><b>iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -d ! 192.0.2.177 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 3128</b></font><br></pre>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote> If you are running RedHat on the server, you can simply execute
the following commands after you have typed the iptables command above:<br>
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<pre><font color="#009900"><b>iptables-save &gt; /etc/sysconfig/iptables</b></font><font
color="#009900"><b><br>chkconfig --level 35 iptables start<br></b></font></pre>
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<p> <b><big><big><font color="#ff0000">While I don't answer Shorewall  questions
emailed directly to me, I try to spend some time each day answering questions
<p> <b><big><big><font color="#ff0000">While I don't answer Shorewall  questions
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<h2 align="center"><big><font color="#ff0000"><b>-Tom Eastep</b></font></big></h2>
<h1>Before Reporting a Problem</h1>
<i>"Well at least you tried to read the documentation, which is a lot more
than some people on this list appear to do.</i>"<br>
<br>
<i>"Well at least you tried to read the documentation, which is a lot more
than some people on this list appear to do.</i>"<br>
<br>
<div align="center">- Wietse Venema - On the Postfix mailing list<br>
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There are a number of sources for
problem solution information. Please try these before you post.
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There are a number of sources for
problem solution information. Please try these before you post.
<h3> </h3>
<h3> </h3>
<ul>
<li>More than half of the questions posted on the support
<li>More than half of the questions posted on the support
list have answers directly accessible from the <a
href="shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm#Documentation">Documentation Index</a><br>
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</li>
<li> The <a href="FAQ.htm">FAQ</a>
has solutions to more than 20 common problems. </li>
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</li>
<li> The <a href="FAQ.htm">FAQ</a>
has solutions to more than 20 common problems. </li>
</ul>
<h3> </h3>
<ul>
<li> The <a
href="troubleshoot.htm">Troubleshooting</a> Information contains
<li> The <a
href="troubleshoot.htm">Troubleshooting</a> Information contains
a number of tips to help you solve common problems. </li>
</ul>
<h3> </h3>
<ul>
<li> The <a
href="errata.htm"> Errata</a> has links to download updated
components. </li>
<li> The <a
href="errata.htm"> Errata</a> has links to download updated
components. </li>
</ul>
<h3> </h3>
<ul>
<li> The Mailing List
Archives search facility can locate posts about similar
<li> The Mailing List
Archives search facility can locate posts about similar
problems: </li>
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<h2>Problem Reporting Guidelines </h2>
<i>"Let me see if I can translate your message into a real-world
example. It would be like saying that you have three rooms at home,
and when you walk into one of the rooms, you detect this strange smell.
<i>"Let me see if I can translate your message into a real-world
example. It would be like saying that you have three rooms at home,
and when you walk into one of the rooms, you detect this strange smell.
Can anyone tell you what that strange smell is?<br>
<br>
Now, all of us could do some wonderful guessing as to the
smell and even what's causing it. You would be absolutely amazed at
the range and variety of smells we could come up with. Even more amazing
is that all of the explanations for the smells would be completely plausible."<br>
</i><br>
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Now, all of us could do some wonderful guessing as to the
smell and even what's causing it. You would be absolutely amazed
at the range and variety of smells we could come up with. Even more
amazing is that all of the explanations for the smells would be completely
plausible."<br>
</i><br>
<div align="center"> - <i>Russell Mosemann</i> on the Postfix mailing list<br>
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<h3> </h3>
<ul>
<li>Please remember we only know what is posted in your message.
Do not leave out any information that appears to be correct, or was
mentioned in a previous post. There have been countless posts by people
who were sure that some part of their configuration was correct when
it actually contained a small error. We tend to be skeptics where detail
<li>Please remember we only know what is posted in your message.
Do not leave out any information that appears to be correct, or was
mentioned in a previous post. There have been countless posts by people
who were sure that some part of their configuration was correct when it
actually contained a small error. We tend to be skeptics where detail
is lacking.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Please keep in mind that you're asking for <strong>free</strong>
technical support. Any help we offer is an act of generosity, not an
obligation. Try to make it easy for us to help you. Follow good, courteous
practices in writing and formatting your e-mail. Provide details that
we need if you expect good answers. <em>Exact quoting </em> of error messages,
log entries, command output, and other output is better than a paraphrase
<br>
</li>
<li>Please keep in mind that you're asking for <strong>free</strong>
technical support. Any help we offer is an act of generosity, not an
obligation. Try to make it easy for us to help you. Follow good, courteous
practices in writing and formatting your e-mail. Provide details that
we need if you expect good answers. <em>Exact quoting </em> of error messages,
log entries, command output, and other output is better than a paraphrase
or summary.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li> Please don't describe
your environment and then ask us to send you custom
configuration files. We're here to answer your questions but
we can't do your job for you.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>When reporting a problem, <strong>ALWAYS</strong> include
this information:</li>
<br>
</li>
<li> Please don't describe
your environment and then ask us to send you custom
configuration files. We're here to answer your questions but we
can't do your job for you.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>When reporting a problem, <strong>ALWAYS</strong> include
this information:</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<ul>
<li>the exact version of Shorewall you are running.<br>
<br>
<b><font color="#009900">shorewall version</font><br>
</b> <br>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>the exact kernel version you are running<br>
<br>
<font color="#009900"><b>uname -a<br>
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</b></font></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>the complete, exact output of<br>
<br>
<font color="#009900"><b>ip addr show<br>
<br>
</b></font></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>the complete, exact output of<br>
<br>
<font color="#009900"><b>ip route show<br>
<br>
</b></font></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>If your kernel is modularized, the exact output from<br>
<br>
<font color="#009900"><b>lsmod</b></font><br>
<br>
</li>
<li>the exact wording of any <code
style="color: green; font-weight: bold;">ping</code> failure responses<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>If you installed Shorewall using one of the QuickStart Guides,
please indicate which one. <br>
<br>
</li>
<li><b>If you are running Shorewall under Mandrake using the Mandrake
installation of Shorewall, please say so.</b><br>
<br>
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<ul>
<li>the exact version of Shorewall you are running.<br>
<br>
<b><font color="#009900">shorewall version</font><br>
</b> <br>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>the exact kernel version you are running<br>
<br>
<font color="#009900"><b>uname -a<br>
<br>
</b></font></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>the complete, exact output of<br>
<br>
<font color="#009900"><b>ip addr show<br>
<br>
</b></font></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>the complete, exact output of<br>
<br>
<font color="#009900"><b>ip route show<br>
<br>
</b></font></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>If your kernel is modularized, the exact output from<br>
<br>
<font color="#009900"><b>lsmod</b></font><br>
<br>
</li>
<li>the exact wording of any <code
style="color: green; font-weight: bold;">ping</code> failure responses<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>If you installed Shorewall using one of the QuickStart Guides,
please indicate which one. <br>
<br>
</li>
<li><b>If you are running Shorewall under Mandrake using the Mandrake
installation of Shorewall, please say so.</b><br>
<br>
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><b>NEVER </b>include the output of "<b><font
color="#009900">iptables -L</font></b>". Instead, <b>if you are having
connection problems of any kind</b>, post the exact output of<br>
<br>
<b><font color="#009900">/sbin/shorewall status<br>
<br>
</font></b>Since that command generates a lot of output, we
suggest that you redirect the output to a file and attach the file to
your post<br>
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<b><font color="#009900">/sbin/shorewall status &gt; /tmp/status.txt</font></b><br>
<br>
</li>
<li>As a general matter, please <strong>do not edit the diagnostic
information</strong> in an attempt to conceal your IP address, netmask,
nameserver addresses, domain name, etc. These aren't secrets, and concealing
them often misleads us (and 80% of the time, a hacker could derive them
<li><b>NEVER </b>include the output of "<b><font
color="#009900">iptables -L</font></b>". Instead,<font
color="#ff0000"><u><i><big> <b>if you are having connection problems of
any kind then:</b></big></i></u></font><br>
<br>
1. <b><font color="#009900">/sbin/shorewall/reset</font></b><br>
<br>
2. Try the connection that is failing.<br>
<br>
3.<b><font color="#009900"> /sbin/shorewall status &gt; /tmp/status.txt</font></b><br>
<br>
4. Post the /tmp/status.txt file as an attachment.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>As a general matter, please <strong>do not edit the diagnostic
information</strong> in an attempt to conceal your IP address, netmask,
nameserver addresses, domain name, etc. These aren't secrets, and concealing
them often misleads us (and 80% of the time, a hacker could derive them
anyway from information contained in the SMTP headers of your post).<strong></strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
</ul>
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<ul>
</ul>
<h3> </h3>
<ul>
<li> Do you see any
"Shorewall" messages ("<b><font color="#009900">/sbin/shorewall show
log</font></b>") when you exercise the function that is giving
you problems? If so, include the message(s) in your post along with a
<li> Do you see any
"Shorewall" messages ("<b><font color="#009900">/sbin/shorewall show
log</font></b>") when you exercise the function that is giving
you problems? If so, include the message(s) in your post along with a
copy of your /etc/shorewall/interfaces file.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>Please include any of the Shorewall configuration files
(especially the /etc/shorewall/hosts file if you have modified
that file) that you think are relevant. If you include /etc/shorewall/rules,
please include /etc/shorewall/policy as well (rules are meaningless
unless one also knows the policies). </li>
<br>
</li>
<li>Please include any of the Shorewall configuration files
(especially the /etc/shorewall/hosts file if you have modified
that file) that you think are relevant. If you include /etc/shorewall/rules,
please include /etc/shorewall/policy as well (rules are meaningless unless
one also knows the policies). </li>
</ul>
<h3> </h3>
<ul>
</ul>
<h3> </h3>
<ul>
<li> If an error occurs
when you try to "<font color="#009900"><b>shorewall start</b></font>",
include a trace (See the <a href="troubleshoot.htm">Troubleshooting</a>
<li> If an error occurs
when you try to "<font color="#009900"><b>shorewall start</b></font>",
include a trace (See the <a href="troubleshoot.htm">Troubleshooting</a>
section for instructions). </li>
</ul>
<h3> </h3>
<ul>
<li>
<li>
<h3><b>The list server limits posts to 120kb so don't post GIFs of
your network layout, etc. to the Mailing List -- your
post will be rejected.</b></h3>
</li>
<h3><b>The list server limits posts to 120kb so don't post GIFs of
your network layout, etc. to the Mailing List -- your
post will be rejected.</b></h3>
</li>
</ul>
The author gratefully acknowleges that the above list was heavily
plagiarized from the excellent LEAF document by <i>Ray</i> <em>Olszewski</em>
found at <a
The author gratefully acknowleges that the above list was heavily
plagiarized from the excellent LEAF document by <i>Ray</i> <em>Olszewski</em>
found at <a
href="http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html">http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html</a>.<br>
<h2>Please post in plain text</h2>
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A growing number of MTAs serving list subscribers are rejecting
all HTML traffic. At least one MTA has gone so far as to blacklist shorewall.net
"for continuous abuse" because it has been my policy to allow HTML in
list posts!!<br>
<br>
I think that blocking all HTML is a Draconian way to control
spam and that the ultimate losers here are not the spammers but the list
subscribers whose MTAs are bouncing all shorewall.net mail. As one
list subscriber wrote to me privately "These e-mail admin's need to get
a <i>(expletive deleted)</i> life instead of trying to rid the planet
of HTML based e-mail". Nevertheless, to allow subscribers to receive list
posts as must as possible, I have now configured the list server at shorewall.net
to strip all HTML from outgoing posts.<br>
A growing number of MTAs serving list subscribers are rejecting
all HTML traffic. At least one MTA has gone so far as to blacklist
shorewall.net "for continuous abuse" because it has been my policy to
allow HTML in list posts!!<br>
<br>
I think that blocking all HTML is a Draconian way to control
spam and that the ultimate losers here are not the spammers but the
list subscribers whose MTAs are bouncing all shorewall.net mail. As
one list subscriber wrote to me privately "These e-mail admin's need
to get a <i>(expletive deleted)</i> life instead of trying to rid the
planet of HTML based e-mail". Nevertheless, to allow subscribers to receive
list posts as must as possible, I have now configured the list server
at shorewall.net to strip all HTML from outgoing posts.<br>
<h2>Where to Send your Problem Report or to Ask for Help</h2>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
<h4>If you run Shorewall under Bering -- <span
style="font-weight: 400;">please post your question or problem
to the <a href="mailto:leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net">LEAF Users
mailing list</a>.</span></h4>
<b>If you run Shorewall under MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall
(MNF) and you have not purchased an MNF license from MandrakeSoft then
you can post non MNF-specific Shorewall questions to the </b><a
href="mailto:shorewall-users@lists.shorewall.net">Shorewall users mailing
list.</a> <b>Do not expect to get free MNF support on the list.</b><br>
style="font-weight: 400;">please post your question or problem
to the <a href="mailto:leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net">LEAF Users
mailing list</a>.</span></h4>
<b>If you run Shorewall under MandrakeSoft Multi Network
Firewall (MNF) and you have not purchased an MNF license from MandrakeSoft
then you can post non MNF-specific Shorewall questions to the </b><a
href="mailto:shorewall-users@lists.shorewall.net">Shorewall users mailing
list.</a> <b>Do not expect to get free MNF support on the list.</b><br>
<p>Otherwise, please post your question or problem to the <a
href="mailto:shorewall-users@lists.shorewall.net">Shorewall users mailing
list.</a></p>
</blockquote>
href="mailto:shorewall-users@lists.shorewall.net">Shorewall users mailing
list.</a></p>
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