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Update GEOIPDIR setting info

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Signed-off-by: Tom Eastep <teastep@shorewall.net>
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</programlisting>
<para>Using this feature requires the <firstterm>GeoIP Match</firstterm>
capability in your iptables and kernel. As of this writing, that
capability requires installing <ulink
url="http://xtables-addons.sourceforge.net/">xtables-addons</ulink> 1.33
or later and <ulink
url="http://xtables-addons.sourceforge.net/geoip.php">creating a
capability in your iptables and kernel. That capability requires <ulink
url="https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/">creating a
country-code database</ulink>.</para>
<para>The Shorewall compiler uses the geoip country-code database to
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<para>To accomodate both big-endian and little-endian machines as well as
any future ability to install the database at another location, Shorewall
supports a GEOIPDIR option in <ulink
url="manpages/shorewall.conf.html">shorewall.conf</ulink> (5) and <ulink
url="manpages/shorewall.conf.html">shorewall6.conf</ulink> (5). The
default value of that option is
url="manpages/shorewall.conf.html">shorewall.conf</ulink>(5) and <ulink
url="manpages/shorewall.conf.html">shorewall6.conf</ulink>(5). The default
value of that option is
<filename>/usr/share/xt_geoip/LE</filename>.</para>
<important>
<para>Recent versions of the country-code database are installed in
<filename>/usr/share/xt_geoip/, regardless of endian convention. This
requires modifying the setting of GEOIPDIR in <ulink
url="manpages/shorewall.conf.html">shorewall.conf</ulink> (5) and <ulink
url="manpages/shorewall.conf.html">shorewall6.conf</ulink>(5).</filename></para>
</important>
<para>The country codes at the time of this writing are shown in the
following two sections.</para>
</section>