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<p> </p> <p> </p>
<hr><span style="font-weight: bold;">2009-06-19</span> <hr><span style="font-weight: bold;">2009-06-28</span>
<h2><a name="Which"></a>Package Information</h2> <h2><a name="Which"></a>Package Information</h2>
<p><b>Before trying to install, we strongly urge you to read and print <p><b>Before trying to install, we strongly urge you to read and print
a a
@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ installed.<br>
In Shorewall version <span style="font-weight: bold;">4.4.*</span>, In Shorewall version <span style="font-weight: bold;">4.4.*</span>,
the Shorewall-common, Shorewall-shell and the Shorewall-common, Shorewall-shell and
Shorewall-perl packages are discontinued and replaced with a single <span Shorewall-perl packages are discontinued and replaced with a single <span
style="font-weight: bold;">Shorewall</span> package which combined the style="font-weight: bold;">Shorewall</span> package which combines the
functions of Shorewall-common and Shorewall-perl. The shell-based functions of Shorewall-common and Shorewall-perl. The shell-based
compiler is retired. So with Shorewall 4.4 onward, there are four compiler is retired. So with Shorewall 4.4 onward, there are four
packages:<br> packages:<br>
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</ul> </ul>
To summarize: To summarize:
<ul> <ul>
<li>If you are installing Shorewall 4.2 or earlier:<br> <li>If you are installing <span style="font-weight: bold;">Shorewall
4.2 or earlier</span>:<br>
</li> </li>
<ul> <ul>
<li>On at least one system in your network, you must install one or <li>On at least one system in your network, you must install one or
both of the compilers (Shorewall-shell and/or Shorewall-perl), the both of the compilers (Shorewall-shell and/or Shorewall-perl; <span
style="font-weight: bold;">Shorewall-perl is highly recommended</span>),
the
Shorewall-common package and possibly the Shorewall6 package.</li> Shorewall-common package and possibly the Shorewall6 package.</li>
<li>If you only have a single firewall, then that system should be <li>If you only have a single firewall, then that system should be
your firewall system.</li> your firewall system.</li>
@ -146,15 +149,17 @@ and/or shorewall-perl) and shorewall-common must be installed in a
single execution of the single execution of the
rpm utility.</li> rpm utility.</li>
</ul> </ul>
<li>If you are installing Shorewall 4.4 or later:</li> <li>If you are installing <span style="font-weight: bold;">Shorewall
4.4 or later</span>:</li>
<ul> <ul>
<li>On at least one system in your network, you must install the <li>On at least one system in your network, you must install the
Shorewall package. If you need IPv6 firewalls then you must also Shorewall package. If you need IPv6 firewalls then you must also
install the Shoreall6 package.</li> install the Shorewall6 package.</li>
<li>If you have a single firewall, then that system should be your <li>If you have a single firewall, then that system should be your
firewall system.</li> firewall system.</li>
<li>If you have more than one firewall, you may wish to install <li>If you have more than one firewall, you may wish to install
Shorewall on a single <span style="font-style: italic;">administrative</span> Shorewall (and possibly Shorewall6) on a single <span
style="font-style: italic;">administrative</span>
system and install Shorewall-lite and/or Shorewall6-lite on the system and install Shorewall-lite and/or Shorewall6-lite on the
firewalls. Doing so will allow for centralized administration and firewalls. Doing so will allow for centralized administration and
configuration of the firewalls.<br> configuration of the firewalls.<br>
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<p>Here are the <a href="Install.htm">installation instructions</a>.</p> <p>Here are the <a href="Install.htm">installation instructions</a>.</p>
<h2><a name="Distros"></a>Distribution-specific Download Sites</h2> <h2><a name="Distros"></a>Distribution-specific Download Sites</h2>
<p>Once you've printed the appropriate QuickStart Guide, download the <p>Once you've printed the appropriate QuickStart Guide, download the
appropriate modules:</p> appropriate Packages:</p>
<ul> <ul>
<li> <li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Simon Matter provides RPMs tailored <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Simon Matter provides RPMs tailored
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<li> <li>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">If you run <a <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">If you run <a
href="http://www.debian.org/"><b>Debian</b></a> and would like a .deb href="http://www.debian.org/"><b>Debian</b></a> and would like a .deb
package, Shorewall is included in both the <a package, Shorewall is included in the <a
href="http://packages.debian.org/testing/net/">Debian href="http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/">Debian Stable Branch</a>,
the <a href="http://packages.debian.org/testing/net/">Debian
Testing Branch</a> and the <a Testing Branch</a> and the <a
href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/">Debian href="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/">Debian
Unstable Branch</a>. Additionally, packages for the current Debian Unstable Branch</a>. For new installations, it is highly recommended
that you install the shorewall-common and shorewall-perl packages
rather than the shorewall package.<br>
<br>
Additionally, packages for the current Debian
stable release are available from the package maintainer's <a stable release are available from the package maintainer's <a
href="http://people.connexer.com/%7Eroberto/debian/">personal page</a>.<br> href="http://people.connexer.com/%7Eroberto/debian/">personal page</a>.
Those packages are almost always more up-to-date than the ones in the
Debian Stable Branch.<br>
<br> <br>
</p> </p>
</li> </li>