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<article id="quotes">
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<articleinfo>
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<title>Quotes from Users</title>
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version
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1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with
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no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover, and with no Back-Cover
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Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "<ulink
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url="GnuCopyright.htm">GNU Free Documentation License</ulink>".</para>
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Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
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<quote><ulink url="GnuCopyright.htm">GNU Free Documentation License</ulink></quote>.</para>
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</legalnotice>
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</articleinfo>
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<section>
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<title>What Users are saying...</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>"I have fought with IPtables for untold hours. First I tried
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the SuSE firewall, which worked for 80% of what I needed. Then
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gShield, which also worked for 80%. Then I set out to write my own
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IPtables parser in shell and awk, which was a lot of fun but never got
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me past the "hey, cool" stage. Then I discovered Shorewall.
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After about an hour, everything just worked. I am stunned, and very
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grateful" -- ES, Phoenix AZ, USA.</para>
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</listitem>
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<blockquote>
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<attribution>ES, Phoenix AZ, USA</attribution>
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<listitem>
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<para>"The configuration is intuitive and flexible, and much
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easier than any of the other iptables-based firewall programs out
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there. After sifting through many other scripts, it is obvious that
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yours is the most well thought-out and complete one available." --
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BC, USA</para>
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</listitem>
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<para><emphasis>I have fought with IPtables for untold hours. First I
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tried the SuSE firewall, which worked for 80% of what I needed. Then
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gShield, which also worked for 80%. Then I set out to write my own
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IPtables parser in shell and awk, which was a lot of fun but never got
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me past the <quote>hey, cool</quote> stage. Then I discovered Shorewall.
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After about an hour, everything just worked. I am stunned, and very
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grateful</emphasis></para>
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</blockquote>
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<listitem>
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<para>"I just installed Shorewall after weeks of messing with
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ipchains/iptables and I had it up and running in under 20
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minutes!" -- JL, Ohio</para>
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</listitem>
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<blockquote>
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<attribution>BC, USA</attribution>
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<listitem>
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<para>"My case was almost like [the one above]. Well. instead of
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'weeks' it was 'months' for me, and I think I needed
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two minutes more:</para>
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<para><emphasis>The configuration is intuitive and flexible, and much
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easier than any of the other iptables-based firewall programs out there.
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After sifting through many other scripts, it is obvious that yours is
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the most well thought-out and complete one available.</emphasis></para>
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</blockquote>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>One to see that I had no Internet access from the firewall
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itself.</para>
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</listitem>
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<blockquote>
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<attribution>JL, Ohio</attribution>
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<listitem>
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<para>Other to see that this was the default configuration, and it
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was enough to uncomment a line in /etc/shorewall/policy.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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<para><emphasis>I just installed Shorewall after weeks of messing with
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ipchains/iptables and I had it up and running in under 20 minutes!</emphasis></para>
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</blockquote>
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<listitem>
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<para>Minutes instead of months! Congratulations and thanks for such a
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simple and well documented thing for something as huge as
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iptables." -- JV, Spain.</para>
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</listitem>
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<blockquote>
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<attribution>JV, Spain</attribution>
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<listitem>
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<para>"I downloaded Shorewall 1.2.0 and installed it on Mandrake
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8.1 without any problems. Your documentation is great and I really
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appreciate your network configuration info. That really helped me out
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alot. THANKS!!!" -- MM.</para>
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</listitem>
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<para><emphasis>My case was almost like [the one above]. Well. instead
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of <quote>weeks</quote> it was <quote>months</quote> for me, and I think
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I needed two minutes more:</emphasis></para>
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<listitem>
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<para>"[Shorewall is a] great, great project. I've used/tested
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may firewall scripts but this one is till now the best." -- B.R,
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Netherlands</para>
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</listitem>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis>One to see that I had no Internet access from the
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firewall itself.</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>"Never in my +12 year career as a sys admin have I witnessed
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someone so relentless in developing a secure, state of the art, safe
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and useful product as the Shorewall firewall package for no cost or
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obligation involved." -- Mario Kerecki, Toronto</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis>Other to see that this was the default
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configuration, and it was enough to uncomment a line in
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/etc/shorewall/policy.</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>"one time more to report, that your great shorewall in the
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latest release 1.2.9 is working fine for me with SuSE Linux 7.3! I now
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have 7 machines up and running with shorewall on several versions -
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starting with 1.2.2 up to the new 1.2.9 and I never have encountered
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any problems!" -- SM, Germany</para>
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</listitem>
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<para><emphasis>Minutes instead of months! Congratulations and thanks
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for such a simple and well documented thing for something as huge as
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iptables</emphasis></para>
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</blockquote>
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<listitem>
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<para>"You have the best support of any other package I've
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ever used." -- SE, US</para>
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</listitem>
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<blockquote>
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<attribution>MM</attribution>
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<listitem>
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<para>"Because our company has information which has been
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classified by the national government as secret, our security
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doesn't stop by putting a fence around our company. Information
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security is a hot issue. We also make use of checkpoint firewalls, but
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not all of the internet servers are guarded by checkpoint, some of
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them are running....Shorewall." -- Name withheld by request,
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Europe</para>
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</listitem>
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<para><emphasis>I downloaded Shorewall 1.2.0 and installed it on
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Mandrake 8.1 without any problems. Your documentation is great and I
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really appreciate your network configuration info. That really helped me
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out alot. THANKS!!!</emphasis></para>
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</blockquote>
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<listitem>
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<para>"thanx for all your efforts you put into shorewall - this
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product stands out against a lot of commercial stuff i´ve been working
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with in terms of flexibillity, quality & support" -- RM,
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Austria</para>
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</listitem>
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<blockquote>
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<attribution>B.R, Netherlands</attribution>
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<listitem>
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<para>"I have never seen such a complete firewall package that is
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so easy to configure. I searched the Debian package system for
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firewall scripts and Shorewall won hands down." -- RG, Toronto</para>
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</listitem>
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<para><emphasis>[Shorewall is a] great, great project. I've
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used/tested may firewall scripts but this one is till now the best.</emphasis></para>
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</blockquote>
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<listitem>
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<para>"My respects... I've just found and installed Shorewall
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1.3.3-1 and it is a wonderful piece of software. I've just sent
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out an email to about 30 people recommending it. :-)</para>
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<blockquote>
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<attribution>Mario Kerecki, Toronto</attribution>
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<para>While I had previously taken the time (maybe 40 hours) to really
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understand ipchains, then spent at least an hour per server
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customizing and carefully scrutinizing firewall rules, I've got
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shorewall running on my home firewall, with rulesets and policies that
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I know make sense, in under 20 minutes." -- RP, Guatamala</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para><emphasis>Never in my +12 year career as a sys admin have I
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witnessed someone so relentless in developing a secure, state of the
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art, safe and useful product as the Shorewall firewall package for no
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cost or obligation involved.</emphasis></para>
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</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
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<attribution>SM, Germany</attribution>
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<para><emphasis>one time more to report, that your great shorewall in
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the latest release 1.2.9 is working fine for me with SuSE Linux 7.3! I
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now have 7 machines up and running with shorewall on several versions -
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starting with 1.2.2 up to the new 1.2.9 and I never have encountered any
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problems!</emphasis></para>
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</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
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<attribution>SE, US</attribution>
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<para><emphasis>You have the best support of any other package I've
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ever used.</emphasis></para>
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</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
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<attribution>Name withheld by request, Europe</attribution>
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<para><emphasis>Because our company has information which has been
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classified by the national government as secret, our security
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doesn't stop by putting a fence around our company. Information
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security is a hot issue. We also make use of checkpoint firewalls, but
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not all of the internet servers are guarded by checkpoint, some of them
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are running....Shorewall.</emphasis></para>
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</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
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<attribution>RM, Austria</attribution>
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<para><emphasis>thanx for all your efforts you put into shorewall - this
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product stands out against a lot of commercial stuff i´ve been working
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with in terms of flexibillity, quality & support</emphasis></para>
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</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
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<attribution>RG, Toronto</attribution>
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<para><emphasis>I have never seen such a complete firewall package that
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is so easy to configure. I searched the Debian package system for
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firewall scripts and Shorewall won hands down.</emphasis></para>
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</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
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<attribution>RP, Guatamala</attribution>
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<para><emphasis>My respects... I've just found and installed
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Shorewall 1.3.3-1 and it is a wonderful piece of software. I've just
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sent out an email to about 30 people recommending it. :-)</emphasis></para>
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<para><emphasis>While I had previously taken the time (maybe 40 hours)
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to really understand ipchains, then spent at least an hour per server
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customizing and carefully scrutinizing firewall rules, I've got
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shorewall running on my home firewall, with rulesets and policies that I
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know make sense, in under 20 minutes.</emphasis></para>
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</blockquote>
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</section>
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</article>
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