Document nested zone alchemy

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teastep 2005-09-09 16:53:01 +00:00
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@ -19,7 +19,24 @@ New Features in 2.5.5:
firewall The firewall zone. There must be firewall The firewall zone. There must be
exactly one firewall zone. exactly one firewall zone.
2) When /usr/share/shorewall/functions is loaded it now sets 2) You may now define zone nesting in the /etc/shorewall/zones
file. In the ZONE column, the (sub)zone name can be followed by a
colon (":") and a comma-separated list of parent zones. The parent
zone(s) must be listed before the subzone.
Example: Zone B is a subzone of zone A
#ZONE TYPE OPTIONS
A plain
B:A plain
Currently, Shorewall only uses the zone nesting information to
re-order the zone list such that subzones appear before their
parent zones. In a future release, Shorewall might make additional
use of this information to structure the ruleset in a more
efficient fashion.
3) When /usr/share/shorewall/functions is loaded it now sets
SHOREWALL_LIBRARY=Loaded SHOREWALL_LIBRARY=Loaded
@ -448,7 +465,7 @@ New Features in Shorewall 2.5.*
The /etc/shorewall/rules file may now be divided into The /etc/shorewall/rules file may now be divided into
"sections". Each section is introduced by a line that begins with "sections". Each section is introduced by a line that begins with
the keyword SECTION which is followed by the section name. Sections the keyword SECTION followed by the section name. Sections
are as listed below and must appear in the order shown. are as listed below and must appear in the order shown.
ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED