Getting Started with Shorewall
Tom
Eastep
2006
Thomas M. Eastep
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Getting Started
If you are new to Shorewall, please read these two articles
first.
Introduction to
Shorewall
QuickStart Guides
(HOWTOs)
The following articles are also recommended reading for
newcomers.
Configuration File
Basics
Man
Pages
Using MAC
Addresses in Shorewall
Comments in
configuration files
Using
Shell Variables
Attach
Comment to Netfilter Rules
Using DNS
Names
Line
Continuation
Complementing
an IP address or Subnet
INCLUDE
Directive
IP Address
Ranges
Port
Numbers/Service Names
Shorewall
Configurations (making a test
configuration)
Port
Ranges
PPPPPPPS ( or, Paul's Principles for Practical Provision of
Packet Processing with Shorewall ) http://linuxman.wikispaces.com/PPPPPPS