Explain internal/external interfaces

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Tom Eastep 2011-04-24 13:09:34 -07:00
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<para>Optional. If given specifies whether the interface is
<emphasis role="bold">external</emphasis> (facing toward the
Internet) or <emphasis role="bold">internal</emphasis> (facing
toward a local network) and enables SFQ flow classification.</para>
toward a local network) and enables SFQ flow classification.
<emphasis role="bold">external</emphasis> causes the traffic
generated by each unique source IP address to be treated as a single
flow. <emphasis role="bold">internal</emphasis> causes the traffic
generated by each unique destination IP address to be treated as a
single flow. </para>
<note>
<para>Simple traffic shaping is only useful on interfaces where
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url="http://ace-host.stuart.id.au/russell/files/tc/doc/sch_tbf.txt">http://ace-host.stuart.id.au/russell/files/tc/doc/sch_tbf.txt</ulink></para>
<para>shorewall(8), shorewall-accounting(5), shorewall-actions(5),
shorewall-blacklist(5), shorewall-hosts(5), shorewall_interfaces(5), shorewall-ipsets(5),
shorewall-maclist(5), shorewall-masq(5), shorewall-nat(5),
shorewall-netmap(5), shorewall-params(5), shorewall-policy(5),
shorewall-providers(5), shorewall-proxyarp(5), shorewall-route_rules(5),
shorewall-routestopped(5), shorewall-rules(5), shorewall.conf(5),
shorewall-secmarks(5), shorewall-tcpri(5), shorewall-tcrules(5),
shorewall-tos(5), shorewall-tunnels(5), shorewall-zones(5)</para>
shorewall-blacklist(5), shorewall-hosts(5), shorewall_interfaces(5),
shorewall-ipsets(5), shorewall-maclist(5), shorewall-masq(5),
shorewall-nat(5), shorewall-netmap(5), shorewall-params(5),
shorewall-policy(5), shorewall-providers(5), shorewall-proxyarp(5),
shorewall-route_rules(5), shorewall-routestopped(5), shorewall-rules(5),
shorewall.conf(5), shorewall-secmarks(5), shorewall-tcpri(5),
shorewall-tcrules(5), shorewall-tos(5), shorewall-tunnels(5),
shorewall-zones(5)</para>
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<para>Optional. If given specifies whether the interface is
<emphasis role="bold">external</emphasis> (facing toward the
Internet) or <emphasis role="bold">internal</emphasis> (facing
toward a local network) and enables SFQ flow classification.</para>
toward a local network) and enables SFQ flow classification.
<emphasis role="bold">external</emphasis> causes the traffic
generated by each unique source IP address to be treated as a single
flow. <emphasis role="bold">internal</emphasis> causes the traffic
generated by each unique destination IP address to be treated as a
single flow. </para>
<note>
<para>Simple traffic shaping is only useful on interfaces where