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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Shorewall Support<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Tom Eastep<br>
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</span>Copyright © 2005 Thomas M. Eastep<br>
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<p>2005-12-01<br>
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<h2>Shorewall Versions</h2>
There are different support resources 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' links
below.<br>
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Please note that versions of Shorewall earlier than 2.4.0 are no longer
supported.<br>
<h2>Self-Help Resources</h2>
<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><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)<br>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Errata</h2>
<ul>
<li>At each download site (with the exception of SourceForge), the
directory for each release contains the following:</li>
<ul>
<li>A <span style="font-weight: bold;">known_problems.txt</span>
file that details the problems found in that release</li>
<li>An <span style="font-weight: bold;">errata</span> directory
containing updated Shorewall components that correct problems described
in the known_problems.txt file.</li>
</ul>
<li>If you are not running the latest minor release, be sure to check
the releases newer than yours to see if your issue has been addressed
in a newer version.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Getting Help</h2>
<ul>
<li>Reporting a problem or asking for help -- <a
href="2.0/support.htm">Shorewall 2.x</a> <a href="support.htm">Shorewall
3.x</a><br>
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