shorewall_code/Shorewall-docsN/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.xml

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    <title>Starting/Stopping and Monitoring the Firewall</title>

    <authorgroup>
      <author>
        <firstname>Tom</firstname>

        <surname>Eastep</surname>
      </author>
    </authorgroup>

    <pubdate>2004-06-15</pubdate>

    <copyright>
      <year>2001-2004</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>
    <title>Operating Shorewall</title>

    <para>If you have a permanent internet connection such as DSL or Cable, I
    recommend that you start the firewall automatically at boot. The <ulink
    url="Install.htm">installation procedure</ulink> attempts to set up the
    init scripts to start the firewall in run levels 2-5 and stop it in run
    levels 1 and 6. If you want to configure your firewall differently from
    this default, you can use your distribution&#39;s run-level editor.</para>

    <caution>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Shorewall startup is disabled by default. Once you have
          configured your firewall, you can enable startup by removing the
          file <filename>/etc/shorewall/startup_disabled</filename>. Note:
          Users of the .deb package must edit <filename>/etc/default/shorewall</filename>
          and set <quote>startup=1</quote>.</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>If you use dialup or some flavor of PPP where your IP address
          can change arbitrarily, you may want to start the firewall in your
          <command>/etc/ppp/ip-up.local</command> script. I recommend just
          placing <quote><command>/sbin/shorewall restart</command></quote> in
          that script.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </caution>

    <para>You can manually start and stop Shoreline Firewall using the
    <quote><command>/sbin/shorewall</command></quote> shell program.</para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall [ -q ] [ -f ] start </command>- starts the
        firewall. It important to understand that when the firewall is in the
        <emphasis role="bold">Started</emphasis> state there is
        <emphasis>no Shorewall Program</emphasis> <emphasis>running</emphasis>.
        It rather means that Netfilter has been configured to handle traffic
        as described in your Shorewall configuration files. Please refer to
        the <link linkend="State">Shorewall State Diagram</link> as shown at
        the bottom of this page for more information. The -q option was added
        in Shorewall 2.0.2 Beta 1 and reduces the amout of output produced.
        Also beginning with Shorewall version 2.0.2 Beta 1, the -f option may
        be specified. See the <link linkend="Saved">Saved Configurations</link>
        section below for details.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall stop</command> - stops the firewall; the only
        traffic permitted through the firewall is from systems listed in
        <filename>/etc/shorewall/routestopped</filename> (Beginning with
        version 1.4.7, if ADMINISABSENTMINDED=Yes in <filename>/etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf</filename>
        then in addition, all existing connections are permitted and any new
        connections originating from the firewall itself are allowed).</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall [ -q ] restart </command>- stops the firewall
        (if it is in the <emphasis role="bold">Started</emphasis> state) and
        then starts it again. The -q option was added in Shorewall 2.0.2 Beta
        1 and reduces the amout of output produced.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall reset</command> - reset the packet and byte
        counters in the firewall</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall clear</command> - remove all rules and chains
        installed by Shoreline Firewall. The firewall is <quote>wide open</quote></para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall refresh</command> - refresh the rules
        involving the broadcast addresses of firewall interfaces, the black
        list, traffic control rules and ECN control rules.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall save</command> - Beginning with Shorewall
        2.0.2 Beta1, this command creates a script which when run will restore
        the state of the firewall to its current state. See the <link
        linkend="Saved">Saved Configurations</link> section below for details.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall restore [ &#60;file name&#62; ]</command> -
        Runs a script created by the <command>shorewall save</command>
        command. See the <link linkend="Saved">Saved Configurations</link>
        section below for details.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>shorewall forget - Added in Shorewall 2.0.2 Beta 1. Removes the
        <filename>/var/lib/shorewall restore</filename> script created by the
        <command>shorewall save </command>command.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>If you include the keyword debug as the first argument, then a shell
    trace of the command is produced as in:</para>

    <para><programlisting>     <command>shorewall debug start 2&#62; /tmp/trace</command></programlisting>The
    above command would trace the <quote>start</quote> command and place the
    trace information in the file /tmp/trace</para>

    <para>Beginning with version 1.4.7, shorewall can give detailed help about
    each of its commands: <programlisting>     <command>shorewall help [ command | host | address ]</command></programlisting>The
    <quote>shorewall</quote> program may also be used to monitor the firewall.</para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall status</command> - produce a verbose report
        about the firewall (iptables -L -n -v)</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall show &#60;chain1&#62; [ &#60;chain2&#62; ...
        ]</command> - produce a verbose report about the listed chains (<command>iptables
        -L chain -n -v</command>) Note: You may only list one chain in the
        show command when running Shorewall version 1.4.6 and earlier. Version
        1.4.7 and later allow you to list multiple chains in one command.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall show nat</command> - produce a verbose report
        about the nat table (<command>iptables -t nat -L -n -v</command>)</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall show tos</command> - produce a verbose report
        about the mangle table (<command>iptables -t mangle -L -n -v</command>)</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall show log</command> - display the last 20
        packet log entries.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall show connections</command> - displays the IP
        connections currently being tracked by the firewall.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall show tc</command> - displays information
        about the traffic control/shaping configuration.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall monitor [ &#60;delay&#62; ]</command> -
        Continuously display the firewall status, last 20 log entries and nat.
        When the log entry display changes, an audible alarm is sounded. The
        <emphasis>&#60;delay&#62;</emphasis> indicates the number of seconds
        between updates with the default being 10 seconds.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall hits</command> - Produces several reports
        about the Shorewall packet log messages in the current log file named
        in the LOGFILE variable in <filename>/etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf</filename>.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall version</command> - Displays the installed
        version number.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall check</command> - Performs a cursory
        validation of the zones, interfaces, hosts, rules and policy files.<caution><para>The
        <quote><command>check</command></quote> command is totally unsuppored
        and does not parse and validate the generated iptables commands. Even
        though the <quote>check</quote> command completes successfully, the
        configuration may fail to start. Problem reports that complain about
        errors that the <quote>check</quote> command does not detect will not
        be accepted.</para><para>See the recommended way to make configuration
        changes described below.</para></caution></para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall try &#60;<errortype>configuration-directory</errortype>&#62;
        [ &#60;timeout&#62; ]</command> - Restart shorewall using the
        specified configuration and if an error occurs or if the
        <emphasis>&#60;timeout&#62;</emphasis> option is given and the new
        configuration has been up for that many seconds then shorewall is
        restarted using the standard configuration.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall logwatch</command> (added in version 1.3.2) -
        Monitors the LOGFILE and produces an audible alarm when new Shorewall
        messages are logged.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>Beginning with Shorewall 1.4.6, /sbin/shorewall supports a couple of
    commands for dealing with IP addresses and IP address ranges:</para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall ipcalc [ &#60;address&#62; &#60;mask&#62; |
        &#60;address&#62;/&#60;vlsm&#62; ] </command>- displays the network
        address, broadcast address, network in CIDR notation and netmask
        corresponding to the input[s].</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall iprange &#60;address1&#62;-&#60;address2&#62;</command>
        - Decomposes the specified range of IP addresses into the equivalent
        list of network/host addresses</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>There is a set of commands dealing with <ulink
    url="blacklisting_support.htm">dynamic blacklisting</ulink>:</para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall drop &#60;ip address list&#62;</command> -
        causes packets from the listed IP addresses to be silently dropped by
        the firewall.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall reject &#60;ip address list&#62;</command> -
        causes packets from the listed IP addresses to be rejected by the
        firewall.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall allow &#60;ip address list&#62;</command> -
        re-enables receipt of packets from hosts previously blacklisted by a
        drop or reject command.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall save [ &#60;file name&#62; ]</command> - save
        the dynamic blacklisting configuration so that it will be
        automatically restored the next time that the firewall is restarted.
        Beginning with Shorewall version 2.0.2 Beta1, this command also
        creates a script that can be used to restore the state of the
        firewall. See the <link linkend="Saved">Saved Configurations</link>
        section below for details.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>show dynamic</command> - displays the dynamic
        blacklisting chain.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>Finally, the <quote><quote>shorewall</quote></quote> program may be
    used to dynamically alter the contents of a zone.</para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall add &#60;interface&#62;[:&#60;host&#62;]
        &#60;zone&#62;</command> - Adds the specified interface (and host if
        included) to the specified zone.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall delete &#60;interface&#62;[:&#60;host&#62;]
        &#60;zone&#62;</command> - Deletes the specified interface (and host
        if included) from the specified zone.</para>

        <para>Examples:<programlisting>     <command>shorewall add ipsec0:192.0.2.24 vpn1</command> -- adds the address 192.0.2.24 from interface ipsec0 to the zone vpn1
     <command>shorewall delete ipsec0:192.0.2.24 vpn1</command> -- deletes the address 192.0.2.24 from interface ipsec0 from zone vpn1</programlisting></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Error Handling</title>

    <para>When <command>shorewall start</command>, <command>shorewall restart</command>
    or <command>shorewall refresh</command> encounter an error, the behavior
    depends on which version of Shorewall you are running and whether there is
    a <filename>/var/lib/shorewall/restore</filename> script available (see
    <command>shorewall save</command> above).</para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>If you are running a version of Shorewall earlier than 2.0.2
        Beta 1 then the effect is as if a <command>shorewall stop</command>
        command had been run.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>If you have executed a <command>shorewall save</command> command
        without a subsequent <command>shorewall forget</command>, then the
        firewall is restored to the state when <command>shorewall save</command>
        was executed.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Alternate Configurations</title>

    <para>The <command>shorewall start</command>, <command>shorewall restart</command>,
    <command>shorewall check</command>, and <command>shorewall try </command>commands
    allow you to specify which Shorewall configuration to use:</para>

    <programlisting>     <command>shorewall [ -c &#60;configuration-directory&#62; ] {start|restart|check}</command>
     <command>shorewall try &#60;configuration-directory&#62; [ &#60;timeout&#62; ]</command></programlisting>

    <para>If a <emphasis>&#60;configuration-directory</emphasis>&#62; is
    specified, each time that Shorewall is going to use a file in <filename
    class="directory">/etc/shorewall</filename> it will first look in the<emphasis>
    &#60;configuration-directory&#62;</emphasis> . If the file is present in
    the <emphasis>&#60;configuration-directory&#62;,</emphasis> that file will
    be used; otherwise, the file in <filename class="directory">/etc/shorewall</filename>
    will be used. When changing the configuration of a production firewall, I
    recommend the following:</para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para><command>mkdir /etc/test</command></para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>cd /etc/test</command></para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>&#60;copy any files that you need to change from /etc/shorewall
        to . and change them here&#62;</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>shorewall -c ./ check</command></para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>&#60;correct any errors found by check and check again&#62;</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>/sbin/shorewall try ./</command></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>If the configuration starts but doesn&#39;t work, just
    <quote>shorewall restart</quote> to restore the old configuration. If the
    new configuration fails to start, the <quote>try</quote> command will
    automatically start the old one for you.</para>

    <para>When the new configuration works then just:</para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para><command>cp * /etc/shorewall</command></para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>cd</command></para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para><command>rm -rf /etc/test</command></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </section>

  <section id="Saved">
    <title>Saved Configurations</title>

    <para>Beginning with Shorewall 2.0.2 Beta 1, Shorewall is integrated with
    the iptables-save/iptables-restore programs through
    <firstterm>saved configurations</firstterm>. A saved configuration is a
    shell script that when executed will restore the firewall state to match
    what it was when the script was created. Because of the way in which saved
    configurations are used, they are also referred to using the term
    <firstterm>restore script</firstterm>.</para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>The <command>shorewall save</command> command creates a restore
        script.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>The <command>shorewall restore</command> command executes a
        restore script.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>The <command>shorewall forget</command> command deleted a
        restore script.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>The <firstterm>-f </firstterm>option of the <command>shorewall
        start</command> command causes a restore script to be executed if it
        exists.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>In Shorewall 2.0.2, the name of the restore script is fixed:
    <filename>/var/lib/shorewall/restore</filename>. Beginning with Shorewall
    2.0.3 Beta 1, multiple restore scripts are permitted in <filename
    class="directory">/var/lib/shorewall</filename>.</para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>The <command>shorewall save</command>, <command>shorewall
        restore</command> and <command>shorewall forget</command> commands are
        extended to allow you to specify a simple file name (one not
        containing embedded slashes). The fiile name specifies the name of a
        restore script in <filename class="directory">/var/lib/shorewall</filename>.</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>A RESTOREFILE option has been added to <filename>shorewall.conf</filename>.
        This variable may contain a simple file name that designates the
        default restore script when the command doesn&#39;t specify one. To
        maintain backward compatibility with Shorewall 2.0.2, if RESTOREFILE
        is not set or is set to the empty value (RESTOREFILE=&#34;&#34;), then
        the default value is <filename>restore</filename>.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </section>

  <section id="State">
    <title>Shorewall State Diagram</title>

    <para>The Shorewall State Diargram is depicted below.</para>

    <para><graphic align="center" fileref="images/State_Diagram.png" /></para>

    <para>You will note that the commands that result in state transitions use
    the word <quote>firewall</quote> rather than <quote>shorewall</quote>.
    That is because the actual transitions are done by <command>/usr/share/shorewall/firewall</command>;
    <command>/sbin/shorewall</command> runs <quote>firewall</quote> according
    to the following table:</para>

    <informaltable>
      <tgroup cols="3">
        <thead>
          <row>
            <entry align="center">/sbin/shorewall Command</entry>

            <entry align="center">Resulting /usr/share/shorewall/firewall
            Command</entry>

            <entry align="center">Effect if the Command Succeeds</entry>
          </row>
        </thead>

        <tbody>
          <row>
            <entry>shorewall start</entry>

            <entry>firewall start</entry>

            <entry>The system filters packets based on your current Shorewall
            Configuration</entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>shorewall stop</entry>

            <entry>firewall stop</entry>

            <entry>Only traffic to/from hosts listed in /etc/shorewall/hosts
            is passed to/from/through the firewall. For Shorewall versions
            beginning with 1.4.7, if ADMINISABSENTMINDED=Yes in
            /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf then in addition, all existing
            connections are retained and all connection requests from the
            firewall are accepted.</entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>shorewall restart</entry>

            <entry>firewall restart</entry>

            <entry>Logically equivalent to <quote>firewall stop;firewall start</quote></entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>shorewall add</entry>

            <entry>firewall add</entry>

            <entry>Adds a host or subnet to a dynamic zone</entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>shorewall delete</entry>

            <entry>firewall delete</entry>

            <entry>Deletes a host or subnet from a dynamic zone</entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>shorewall refresh</entry>

            <entry>firewall refresh</entry>

            <entry>Reloads rules dealing with static blacklisting, traffic
            control and ECN.</entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>shorewall reset</entry>

            <entry>firewall reset</entry>

            <entry>Resets traffic counters</entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>shorewall clear</entry>

            <entry>firewall clear</entry>

            <entry>Removes all Shorewall rules, chains, addresses, routes and
            ARP entries.</entry>
          </row>

          <row>
            <entry>shorewall try</entry>

            <entry>firewall -c &#60;new configuration&#62; restart If
            unsuccessful then firewall start (standard configuration) If
            timeout then firewall restart (standard configuration)</entry>

            <entry></entry>
          </row>
        </tbody>
      </tgroup>
    </informaltable>
  </section>

  <appendix>
    <title>Revision History</title>

    <para><revhistory><revision><revnumber>1.10</revnumber><date>2004-05-14</date><authorinitials>TE</authorinitials><revremark>Update
    &#34;try&#34; syntax in the alternate configuration section to include [
    &#60;timeout&#62; ]</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>1.9</revnumber><date>2004-05-03</date><authorinitials>TE</authorinitials><revremark>Shorewall
    2.0.2</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>1.3-1.8</revnumber><date>2004-01-04</date><authorinitials>TE</authorinitials><revremark>Docbook
    standards</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>1.2</revnumber><date>2003-12-31</date><authorinitials>TE</authorinitials><revremark>Added
    clarification about &#34;Started State&#34;</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>1.1</revnumber><date>2003-12-29</date><authorinitials>TE</authorinitials><revremark>Initial
    Docbook conversion</revremark></revision></revhistory></para>
  </appendix>
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