<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> <article> <!--$Id$--> <articleinfo> <title>Getting Started with Shorewall</title> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Tom</firstname> <surname>Eastep</surname> </author> </authorgroup> <pubdate><?dbtimestamp format="Y/m/d"?></pubdate> <copyright> <year>2006</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> </legalnotice> </articleinfo> <section id="GettingStarted"> <title>Getting Started</title> <para>If you are new to Shorewall, please read these two articles first.</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para><ulink url="Introduction.html">Introduction to Shorewall</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm">QuickStart Guides (HOWTOs)</ulink></para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>The following articles are also recommended reading for newcomers.</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm">Configuration File Basics</ulink><blockquote> <para><informaltable frame="none"> <tgroup cols="2"> <tbody valign="middle"> <row> <entry><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Manpages">Man Pages</ulink></entry> <entry><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm#MAC">Using MAC Addresses in Shorewall</ulink></entry> </row> <row> <entry><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Comments">Comments in configuration files</ulink></entry> <entry><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Variables">Using Shell Variables</ulink></entry> </row> <row> <entry><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm#COMMENT">Attach Comment to Netfilter Rules</ulink></entry> <entry><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm#dnsnames">Using DNS Names</ulink></entry> </row> <row> <entry><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Continuation">Line Continuation</ulink></entry> <entry><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Compliment">Complementing an IP address or Subnet</ulink></entry> </row> <row> <entry><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm#INCLUDE">INCLUDE Directive</ulink></entry> <entry><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm#IPRanges">IP Address Ranges</ulink></entry> </row> <row> <entry><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Ports">Port Numbers/Service Names</ulink></entry> <entry><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Levels">Shorewall Configurations (making a test configuration)</ulink></entry> </row> <row> <entry><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Ranges">Port Ranges</ulink></entry> <entry></entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </informaltable></para> </blockquote></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>PPPPPPPS ( or, Paul's Principles for Practical Provision of Packet Processing with Shorewall ) <ulink url="http://linuxman.wikispaces.com/PPPPPPS">http://linuxman.wikispaces.com/PPPPPPS</ulink></para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> </article>