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<ol>
<li>
<p align="left"> <b><u>I</u>f you use a Windows system to download
a corrected script, be sure to run the script through <u>
<a href="http://www.megaloman.com/%7Ehany/software/hd2u/"
@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
</li>
<li>
<p align="left"> <b>If you are installing Shorewall for the first
time and plan to use the .tgz and install.sh script, you can untar
the archive, replace the 'firewall' script in the untarred directory
@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ the archive, replace the 'firewall' script in the untarred directory
</li>
<li>
<p align="left"> <b>If you are running a Shorewall version earlier
than 1.3.11, when the instructions say to install a corrected firewall
script in /etc/shorewall/firewall, /usr/lib/shorewall/firewall
@ -107,18 +110,25 @@ and NAT</a></b><br>
<h3>Version 1.3.14</h3>
<ul>
<li>There is an <a
href="http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/errata/1.3.14/rfc1918">updated
rfc1918</a> file that reflects the resent allocation of 222.0.0.0/8 and 223.0.0.0/8.</li>
rfc1918</a> file that reflects the resent allocation of 222.0.0.0/8 and
223.0.0.0/8.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The documentation for the routestopped file claimed that a comma-separated
list could appear in the second column while the code only supported a single
host or network address. This has been corrected in <a
host or network address.</li>
<li>Log messages produced by 'logunclean' and 'dropunclean' were not rate-limited.</li>
</ul>
Both problems have been corrected in <a
href="http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/errata/1.3.14/firewall">this
firewall script</a> which may be installed in /usr/lib/shorewall as described
above.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Version 1.3.13</h3>
<ul>
@ -136,9 +146,9 @@ too big".<br>
above.<br>
<ul>
<li>VLAN interface names of the form "eth<i>n</i>.<i>m</i>" (e.g., eth0.1)
are not supported in this version or in 1.3.12. If you need such support,
post on the users list and I can provide you with a patched version.<br>
<li>VLAN interface names of the form "eth<i>n</i>.<i>m</i>" (e.g.,
eth0.1) are not supported in this version or in 1.3.12. If you need such
support, post on the users list and I can provide you with a patched version.<br>
</li>
</ul>
@ -152,9 +162,9 @@ is corrected by <a
href="http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/errata/1.3.12/firewall">this
firewall script</a> which may be installed in /usr/lib/shorewall as described
above.</li>
<li>VLAN interface names of the form "eth<i>n</i>.<i>m</i>" (e.g., eth0.1)
are not supported in this version or in 1.3.13. If you need such support,
post on the users list and I can provide you with a patched version.<br>
<li>VLAN interface names of the form "eth<i>n</i>.<i>m</i>" (e.g.,
eth0.1) are not supported in this version or in 1.3.13. If you need such
support, post on the users list and I can provide you with a patched version.<br>
</li>
</ul>
@ -191,9 +201,9 @@ the following warnings:<br>
These warnings are harmless and may be ignored. Users downloading
the .rpm from shorewall.net or mirrors should no longer see these warnings
as the .rpm you will get from there has been corrected.</li>
<li>DNAT rules that exclude a source subzone (SOURCE column contains
! followed by a sub-zone list) result in an error message and Shorewall
fails to start.<br>
<li>DNAT rules that exclude a source subzone (SOURCE column
contains ! followed by a sub-zone list) result in an error message and
Shorewall fails to start.<br>
<br>
Install <a
href="http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/errata/1.3.11/firewall">this
@ -215,8 +225,8 @@ running on your firewall and you have a 'pptpserver' entry in /etc/shorewal
version of the firewall script</a> may help. Please report any cases
where installing this script in /usr/lib/shorewall/firewall solved your
connection problems. Beginning with version 1.3.10, it is safe to save
the old version of /usr/lib/shorewall/firewall before copying in the new
one since /usr/lib/shorewall/firewall is the real script now and not
the old version of /usr/lib/shorewall/firewall before copying in the
new one since /usr/lib/shorewall/firewall is the real script now and not
just a symbolic link to the real script.<br>
</li>
@ -247,9 +257,9 @@ just a symbolic link to the real script.<br>
<ul>
<li>The installer (install.sh) issues a misleading message
"Common functions installed in /var/lib/shorewall/functions" whereas
the file is installed in /usr/lib/shorewall/functions. The installer also
performs incorrectly when updating old configurations that had the file
/etc/shorewall/functions. <a
the file is installed in /usr/lib/shorewall/functions. The installer
also performs incorrectly when updating old configurations that had the
file /etc/shorewall/functions. <a
href="ftp://ftp.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/errata/1.3.9/install.sh">Here
is an updated version that corrects these problems.<br>
</a></li>
@ -280,15 +290,19 @@ performs incorrectly when updating old configurations that had the file
problems.
<h3>Version 1.3.7b</h3>
<p>DNAT rules where the source zone is 'fw' ($FW)
result in an error message. Installing
<a
href="http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/errata/1.3.7/firewall">
this corrected firewall script</a> in /var/lib/shorewall/firewall
as described above corrects this problem.</p>
as described above corrects this
problem.</p>
<h3>Version 1.3.7a</h3>
<p>"shorewall refresh" is not creating the proper
rule for FORWARDPING=Yes. Consequently, after
"shorewall refresh", the firewall will not forward
@ -296,10 +310,13 @@ problems.
<a
href="http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/errata/1.3.7/firewall">
this corrected firewall script</a> in /var/lib/shorewall/firewall
as described above corrects this problem.</p>
as described above corrects this
problem.</p>
<h3>Version &lt;= 1.3.7a</h3>
<p>If "norfc1918" and "dhcp" are both specified as
options on a given interface then RFC 1918
checking is occurring before DHCP checking. This
@ -308,13 +325,14 @@ problems.
reject the broadcast (usually logging it). This
has two problems:</p>
<ol>
<li>If the firewall is
running a DHCP server, the client
<li>If the firewall
is running a DHCP server, the client
won't be able to obtain an IP address
lease from that server.</li>
<li>With this order of
checking, the "dhcp" option cannot
<li>With this order
of checking, the "dhcp" option cannot
be used as a noise-reduction measure
where there are both dynamic and static
clients on a LAN segment.</li>
@ -329,13 +347,16 @@ problems.
installed in /var/lib/shorewall as
described above.</p>
<h3>Version 1.3.7</h3>
<p>Version 1.3.7 dead on arrival -- please use
version 1.3.7a and check your version against
these md5sums -- if there's a difference, please
download again.</p>
<pre> d2fffb7fb99bcc6cb047ea34db1df10 shorewall-1.3.7a.tgz<br> 6a7fd284c8685b2b471a2f47b469fb94 shorewall-1.3.7a-1.noarch.rpm<br> 3decd14296effcff16853106771f7035 shorwall-1.3.7a.lrp</pre>
<p>In other words, type "md5sum &lt;<i>whatever package you downloaded</i>&gt;
@ -351,8 +372,8 @@ described above.</p>
<p align="left">If ADD_SNAT_ALIASES=Yes is specified in /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf,
an error occurs when the firewall script attempts to add
an SNAT alias. </p>
an error occurs when the firewall script attempts to
add an SNAT alias. </p>
</li>
<li>
@ -436,8 +457,9 @@ it's a good idea to run that command after you have made configuratio
by that name" then you probably have an entry in /etc/shorewall/hosts
that specifies an interface that you didn't include in
/etc/shorewall/interfaces. To correct this problem, you
must add an entry to /etc/shorewall/interfaces. Shorewall 1.3.3 and
later versions produce a clearer error message in this case.</p>
must add an entry to /etc/shorewall/interfaces. Shorewall 1.3.3
and later versions produce a clearer error message in this
case.</p>
<h3 align="left">Version 1.3.2</h3>
@ -496,9 +518,9 @@ appearence of the option. For example:<br>
that affects only the 'routestopped' option.<br>
<br>
Users who downloaded the corrected script
prior to 1850 GMT today should download and install the
corrected script again to ensure that this second problem
is corrected.</li>
prior to 1850 GMT today should download and install
the corrected script again to ensure that this second
problem is corrected.</li>
</ul>
@ -510,13 +532,14 @@ is corrected.</li>
<h3 align="left">Version 1.3.0</h3>
<ul>
<li>Folks who downloaded 1.3.0 from the links
on the download page before 23:40 GMT, 29 May 2002 may
have downloaded 1.2.13 rather than 1.3.0. The "shorewall
version" command will tell you which version that you
have installed.</li>
<li>The documentation NAT.htm file uses non-existent
wallpaper and bullet graphic files. The <a
<li>Folks who downloaded 1.3.0 from the
links on the download page before 23:40 GMT, 29 May
2002 may have downloaded 1.2.13 rather than 1.3.0. The
"shorewall version" command will tell you which version
that you have installed.</li>
<li>The documentation NAT.htm file uses
non-existent wallpaper and bullet graphic files. The
<a
href="http://www.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/errata/1.3.0/NAT.htm">
corrected version is here</a>.</li>
@ -535,8 +558,8 @@ is corrected.</li>
<blockquote>
<p align="left">There are a couple of serious bugs in iptables 1.2.3 that
prevent it from working with Shorewall. Regrettably, RedHat
released this buggy iptables in RedHat 7.2. </p>
prevent it from working with Shorewall. Regrettably,
RedHat released this buggy iptables in RedHat 7.2. </p>
<p align="left"> I have built a <a
@ -550,8 +573,8 @@ is corrected.</li>
<p align="left"><font color="#ff6633"><b>Update 11/9/2001: </b></font>RedHat
has released an iptables-1.2.4 RPM of their own which you can download
from<font color="#ff6633"> <a
has released an iptables-1.2.4 RPM of their own which you can
download from<font color="#ff6633"> <a
href="http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-144.html">http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-144.html</a>.
</font>I have installed this RPM on my firewall and it works
fine.</p>
@ -582,6 +605,7 @@ is corrected.</li>
and RedHat iptables</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>Users who use RedHat iptables RPMs and who upgrade to kernel 2.4.18/19
may experience the following:</p>
@ -606,24 +630,30 @@ to rpm (e.g., "iptables -Uvh --oldpackage iptables-1.2.5-1.i386.rpm")
<h3><a name="SuSE"></a>Problems installing/upgrading
RPM on SuSE</h3>
<p>If you find that rpm complains about a conflict
with kernel &lt;= 2.2 yet you have a 2.4 kernel
installed, simply use the "--nodeps" option to
rpm.</p>
<p>Installing: rpm -ivh --nodeps <i>&lt;shorewall rpm&gt;</i></p>
<p>Upgrading: rpm -Uvh --nodeps <i>&lt;shorewall rpm&gt;</i></p>
<h3><a name="Multiport"></a><b>Problems with
iptables version 1.2.7 and MULTIPORT=Yes</b></h3>
<p>The iptables 1.2.7 release of iptables has made
an incompatible change to the syntax used to
specify multiport match rules; as a consequence,
if you install iptables 1.2.7 you must be running
Shorewall 1.3.7a or later or:</p>
<ul>
<li>set MULTIPORT=No
in /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf; or </li>
@ -646,12 +676,12 @@ in /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf; or </li>
Error message is:<br>
<pre>Setting up NAT...<br>iptables: Invalid argument<br>Terminated<br><br></pre>
The solution is to put "no" in the LOCAL column. Kernel support
for LOCAL=yes has never worked properly and 2.4.18-10 has disabled
it. The 2.4.19 kernel contains corrected support under a new kernel
configuraiton option; see <a href="Documentation.htm#NAT">http://www.shorewall.net/Documentation.htm#NAT</a><br>
The solution is to put "no" in the LOCAL column. Kernel
support for LOCAL=yes has never worked properly and 2.4.18-10 has
disabled it. The 2.4.19 kernel contains corrected support under a new
kernel configuraiton option; see <a href="Documentation.htm#NAT">http://www.shorewall.net/Documentation.htm#NAT</a><br>
<p><font size="2"> Last updated 2/17/2003 -
<p><font size="2"> Last updated 2/18/2003 -
<a href="support.htm">Tom Eastep</a></font> </p>
<p><a href="copyright.htm"><font size="2">Copyright</font> © <font
@ -667,5 +697,7 @@ configuraiton option; see <a href="Documentation.htm#NAT">http://www.shorewal
<br>
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<title>Shorewall Mailing Lists</title>
<meta name="Microsoft Theme" content="none">
</head>
<body>
@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
<td width="33%" valign="middle" align="left">
<h1 align="center"><a
href="http://www.centralcommand.com/linux_products.html"><img
src="images/Vexira_Antivirus_Logo.gif" alt="Vexira Logo" width="78"
@ -71,8 +73,6 @@
</tbody>
</table>
<h2 align="left">Not getting List Mail? -- <a
href="mailing_list_problems.htm">Check Here</a></h2>
<p align="left">If you experience problems with any of these lists, please
let <a href="mailto:teastep@shorewall.net">me</a> know</p>
@ -96,8 +96,8 @@
(including <a href="http://razor.sourceforge.net/">Vipul's Razor</a>).<br>
</li>
<li>to ensure that the sender address is fully qualified.</li>
<li>to verify that the sender's domain has an A or MX record
in DNS.</li>
<li>to verify that the sender's domain has an A or MX
record in DNS.</li>
<li>to ensure that the host name in the HELO/EHLO command
is a valid fully-qualified DNS name that resolves.</li>
@ -106,13 +106,13 @@
<h2>Please post in plain text</h2>
A growing number of MTAs serving list subscribers are rejecting
all HTML traffic. At least one MTA has gone so far as to blacklist shorewall.net
"for continuous abuse" because it has been my policy to allow HTML in list
posts!!<br>
"for continuous abuse" because it has been my policy to allow HTML in
list posts!!<br>
<br>
I think that blocking all HTML is a Draconian way to control spam
and that the ultimate losers here are not the spammers but the list subscribers
whose MTAs are bouncing all shorewall.net mail. As one list subscriber
wrote to me privately "These e-mail admin's need to get a <i>(explitive
and that the ultimate losers here are not the spammers but the list
subscribers whose MTAs are bouncing all shorewall.net mail. As one list
subscriber wrote to me privately "These e-mail admin's need to get a <i>(explitive
deleted)</i> life instead of trying to rid the planet of HTML based e-mail".
Nevertheless, to allow subscribers to receive list posts as must as possible,
I have now configured the list server at shorewall.net to strip all HTML
@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ the list server.<br>
<h2>Other Mail Delivery Problems</h2>
If you find that you are missing an occasional list post, your e-mail
admin may be blocking mail whose <i>Received:</i> headers contain the names
of certain ISPs. Again, I believe that such policies hurt more than they
help but I'm not prepared to go so far as to start stripping <i>Received:</i>
admin may be blocking mail whose <i>Received:</i> headers contain the
names of certain ISPs. Again, I believe that such policies hurt more than
they help but I'm not prepared to go so far as to start stripping <i>Received:</i>
headers to circumvent those policies.<br>
<h2 align="left">Mailing Lists Archive Search</h2>
@ -164,9 +164,10 @@ the list server.<br>
value=""> <input type="submit" value="Search"> </p>
</form>
<h2 align="left"><font color="#ff0000">Please do not try to download the entire
Archive -- it is 75MB (and growing daily) and my slow DSL line simply won't
stand the traffic. If I catch you, you will be blacklisted.<br>
<h2 align="left"><font color="#ff0000">Please do not try to download the
entire Archive -- it is 75MB (and growing daily) and my slow DSL line simply
won't stand the traffic. If I catch you, you will be blacklisted.<br>
</font></h2>
<h2 align="left">Shorewall CA Certificate</h2>
@ -207,9 +208,9 @@ to this list.</p>
<p align="left">The list archives are at <a
href="http://lists.shorewall.net/pipermail/shorewall-users/index.html">http://lists.shorewall.net/pipermail/shorewall-users</a>.</p>
<p align="left">Note that prior to 1/1/2002, the mailing list was hosted
at <a href="http://sourceforge.net">Sourceforge</a>. The archives from that
list may be found at <a
<p align="left">Note that prior to 1/1/2002, the mailing list was hosted at
<a href="http://sourceforge.net">Sourceforge</a>. The archives from that list
may be found at <a
href="http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/Sourceforge/9327/0/">www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/Sourceforge/9327/0/</a>.</p>
<h2 align="left">Shorewall Announce Mailing List</h2>
@ -261,8 +262,8 @@ list may be found at <a
the Mailing Lists</h2>
<p align="left">There seems to be near-universal confusion about unsubscribing
from Mailman-managed lists although Mailman 2.1 has attempted
to make this less confusing. To unsubscribe:</p>
from Mailman-managed lists although Mailman 2.1 has attempted to
make this less confusing. To unsubscribe:</p>
<ul>
<li>
@ -275,8 +276,8 @@ to make this less confusing. To unsubscribe:</p>
<p align="left">Down at the bottom of that page is the following text:
" To <b>unsubscribe</b> from <i>&lt;list name&gt;</i>, get a password
reminder, or change your subscription options enter your subscription
email address:". Enter your email address in the box and click
on the "<b>Unsubscribe</b> or edit options" button.</p>
email address:". Enter your email address in the box and
click on the "<b>Unsubscribe</b> or edit options" button.</p>
</li>
<li>
@ -293,12 +294,13 @@ to make this less confusing. To unsubscribe:</p>
<p align="left"><a href="gnu_mailman.htm">Check out these instructions</a></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2">Last updated 2/3/2003 - <a
<p align="left"><font size="2">Last updated 2/18/2003 - <a
href="http://www.shorewall.net/support.htm">Tom Eastep</a></font></p>
<p align="left"><a href="copyright.htm"> <font size="2">Copyright</font> ©
<font size="2">2001, 2002, 2003 Thomas M. Eastep.</font></a><br>
<p align="left"><a href="copyright.htm"> <font size="2">Copyright</font>
© <font size="2">2001, 2002, 2003 Thomas M. Eastep.</font></a><br>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<title>Mailing List Problems</title>
</head>
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style="border-collapse: collapse;" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%"
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<td width="100%">
<h1 align="center"><font color="#ffffff">Mailing List Problems</font></h1>
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</tbody>
</table>
<h2 align="left">Shorewall.net is currently experiencing mail delivery problems
to at least one address in each of the following domains:</h2>
<blockquote>
<div align="left">
<pre>2020ca - delivery to this domain has been disabled (cause unknown)<br>arosy.de - delivery to this domain has been disabled (Relay access denied)<br>arundel.homelinux.org - delivery to this domain has been disabled (connection timed out, connection refused)<br>asurfer.com - (Mailbox full)<br>bol.com.br - delivery to this domain has been disabled (Mailbox Full)<br>cuscominc.com - delivery to this domain has been disabled (bouncing mail from all sources with "Mail rejected because the server you are sending to is misconfigured").<br>cvnet.psi.br - (DNS configuration error -- MX is cvn-srv1.cvnet.psi.br.cvnet.psi.br)<br>datakota.com - (DNS Timeouts)<br>excite.com - delivery to this domain has been disabled (cause unknown)<br>epacificglobal.com - delivery to this domain has been disabled (no MX record for domain)<br>freefish.dyndns.org - delivery to this domain has been disabled (Name Server Problem -- Host not found)<br>gmx.net - delivery to this domain has been disabled (cause unknown)<br>hotmail.com - delivery to this domain has been disabled (Mailbox over quota)<br>intercom.net - delivery to this domain has been disabled (cause unknown)<br>nitialcs.com - delivery to this domain has been disabled (cause unknown)<br>intelligents.2y.net - delivery to this domain has been disabled (Name Service Problem -- Host not Found).<br>khp-inc.com - delivery to this domain has been disabled (anti-virus problems)<br>kieninger.de - delivery to this domain has been disabled (relaying to &lt;xxxxx@kieninger.de&gt; prohibited by administrator)<br>lariera.com - delivery to this domain has been disabled (Unknown User)<br>mfocus.com.my - delivery to this domain has been disabled (MTA at mailx.mfocus.com.my not delivering and not giving a reason)<br>navair.navy.mil - delivery to this domain has been disabled (A restriction in the system prevented delivery of the message)<br>opermail.net - delivery to this domain has been disabled (cause unknown)<br>penquindevelopment.com - delivery to this domain has been disabled (connection timed out)<br>scip-online.de - delivery to this domain has been disabled (cause unknown)<br>spctnet.com - connection timed out - delivery to this domain has been disabled<br>telusplanet.net - delivery to this domain has been disabled (cause unknown)<br>the-techy.com - delivery to this domain has been disabled (clueless administrator - continuous DNS problems) <br>yahoo.com - delivery to this domain has been disabled (Mailbox over quota)</pre>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p align="left"><font size="2">Last updated 12/17/2002 02:51 GMT - <a
href="support.htm">Tom Eastep</a></font></p>
<p align="left"><a href="copyright.htm"> <font
size="2">Copyright</font> © <font size="2">2002 Thomas M. Eastep.</font></a></p>
<p align="left"> </p>
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