shorewall-zones
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zones
Shorewall zone declaration file
/etc/shorewall/zones
Description
The /etc/shorewall/zones file declares your network zones. You
specify the hosts in each zone through entries in
/etc/shorewall/interfaces or
/etc/shorewall/hosts.
The format of this file changed in Shorewall 3.0.0. You can
continue to use your old records provided that you set IPSECFILE=ipsec
in /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf. This will signal Shorewall that the
IPSEC-related zone options are still specified in /etc/shorewall/ipsec
rather than in this file.
To use records in the format described below, you must have
IPSECFILE=zones specified in
/etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf AND YOU MUST NOT SET
THE 'FW' VARIABLE IN THAT FILE.
The columns in the file are as follows.
ZONE
Short name of the zone. The names "all" and "none" are
reserved and may not be used as zone names. The maximum length of a
zone name is determined by the setting of the LOGFORMAT option in
shorewall.conf. With the default LOGFORMAT, zone names can be at
most 5 characters long.
Where a zone is nested in one or more other zones, you may
follow the (sub)zone name by ":" and a comma-separated list of the
parent zones. The parent zones must have been defined in earlier
records in this file.
Example:
#ZONE TYPE OPTIONS
a ipv4
b ipv4
c:a,b ipv4
Currently, Shorewall uses this information to reorder the zone
list so that parent zones appear after their subzones in the list.
The IMPLICIT_CONTINUE option in shorewall.conf can also create
implicit CONTINUE policies to/from the subzone.
In the future, Shorewall may make additional use of nesting
information.
TYPE
ipv4
This is the standard Shorewall zone type and is the
default if you leave this column empty or if you enter "-" in
the column. Communication with some zone hosts may be
encrypted. Encrypted hosts are designated using the
'ipsec'option in /etc/shorewall/hosts.
ipsec
Communication with all zone hosts is encrypted. Your
kernel and iptables must include polic match support.
fw
Designates the firewall itself. You must have exactly
one 'firewall' zone. No options ar permitted with a 'firewall'
zone. The name that you enter in the ZONE column will be
stored in the shell variable $FW which you may use in other
configuration files to designate the firewall zone.
OPTIONS, IN OPTIONS and OUT OPTIONS
A comma-separated list of options.
reqid=<number>
where <number> is specified using setkey(8) using
the 'unique:<number> option for the SPD level.
spi=<number>
where <number> is the SPI of the SA used to
encrypt/decrypt packets.
proto=ah|esp|ipcomp
IPSEC Encapsulation Protocol
mss=<number>
sets the MSS field in TCP packets
mode=transport|tunnel
IPSEC mode
tunnel-src=<address>[/<mask>]
only available with mode=tunnel
tunnel-dst=<address>[/<mask>]
only available with mode=tunnel
strict
Means that packets must match all rules.
next
Separates rules; can only be used with strict
The options in the OPTIONS column are applied to both incoming
and outgoing traffic. The IN OPTIONS are applied to incoming traffic
(in addition to OPTIONS) and the OUT OPTIONS are applied to outgoing
traffic.
If you wish to leave a column empty but need to make an entry
in a following column, use "-".
FILES
/etc/shorewall/zones
See ALSO
shorewall(8), shorewall-accounting(5), shorewall-actions(5),
shorewall-blacklist(5), shorewall-hosts(5), shorewall-interfaces(5),
shorewall-ipsec(5), shorewall-maclist(5), shorewall-masq(5),
shorewall-nat(5), shorewall-netmap(5), shorewall-params(5),
shorewall-policy(5), shorewall-providers(5), shorewall-proxyarp(5),
shorewall-route_routes(5), shorewall-routestopped(5), shorewall-rules(5),
shorewall.conf(5), shorewall-tcclasses(5), shorewall-tcdevices(5),
shorewall-tcrules(5), shorewall-tos(5), shorewall-tunnels(5)