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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Shorewall Documentation<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Tom Eastep<br>
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</span>Copyright © 2005-2006 Thomas M. Eastep<br>
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<p>2006-01-07<br>
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<h2>Shorewall Versions</h2>
There is different documentation available depending on the
Shorewall version you are running. To determine which version of
Shorewall you are running, at a root
shell prompt type <span style="font-weight: bold;">shorewall version.<br>
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Example:<br>
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      <pre style="background-color: rgb(190, 225, 246);">gateway:~# shorewall version<br><span
 style="font-weight: bold;">3.0</span>.0<br>gateway:~# <br></pre>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br>
</span>In the above case, you want to select the 'Shorewall 3.x' link
below.<br>
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Please note that versions of Shorewall earlier than 2.4.0 are no longer
supported.<br>
<h2>Frequently Used Documentation<br>
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<ul>
  <li>QuickStart Guides
(HOWTOs for setting up Shorewall in popular configurations) -- <a
 href="2.0/shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm">Shorewall 2.x</a> <a
 href="shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm">Shorewall3.x</a></li>
  <li>Installation/Upgrade Instructions -- <a href="2.0/Install.htm">Shorewall
2.x</a> <a href="Install.htm">Shorewall 3.x</a><br>
  </li>
  <li>Shorewall Features (What it
can do) -- <a href="2.0/shorewall_features.htm">Shorewall 2.x</a> <a
 href="shorewall_features.htm">Shorewall 3.x</a><br>
  </li>
  <li>Limitations (Some things that
it cannot do) -- <a href="2.0/Shorewall_Doesnt.html">Shorewall 2.x</a>
    <a href="Shorewall_Doesnt.html">Shorewall 3.x</a><br>
  </li>
  <li>FAQs -- <a href="2.0/FAQ.htm">Shorewall 2.x</a> <a
 href="FAQ.htm">Shorewall 3.x</a> <a href="FAQ_fr.html">Shorewall 3.x
(Version Française)</a><br>
  </li>
  <li>Troubleshooting Guide -- <a href="2.0/troubleshoot.htm">Shorewall
2.x</a> <a href="troubleshoot.htm">Shorewall 3.x</a><br>
  </li>
  <li><a href="upgrade_issues.htm">Upgrade&nbsp;Issues</a> (when you
encounter problems after upgrading your Shorewall installation)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Documentation Indexes<br>
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<ul>
  <li><a href="2.0/">Shorewall 2.x Documentation Index<br>
    </a></li>
  <li><a href="Documentation_Index.html">Shorewall 3.x Documentation
Index</a> <a href="http://gomix.homelinux.net/gomix/shorewall/"> (En Español)</a><br>
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