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+# prevent startup with default configuration
+# set the following varible to 1 in order to allow Shorewall to start
+
+startup=0
+
+# if your Shorewall configuration requires detection of the ip address of a ppp
+# interface, you must list such interfaces in "wait_interface" to get Shorewall to
+# wait until the interface is configured. Otherwise the script will fail because
+# it won't be able to detect the IP address.
+#
+# Example:
+#    wait_interface="ppp0"
+# or
+#    wait_interface="ppp0 ppp1"
+# or, if you have defined  in /etc/shorewall/params
+#    wait_interface=
+
+#
+# Startup options -- if you specify '-f' then Shorewall will use the last saved
+#                    configuration if any; this is much faster than parsing the
+#                    configuration files.
+#
+
+OPTIONS="-f"
+
+# EOF