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Add FAQ 101 (speed up start/restart)
Signed-off-by: Tom Eastep <teastep@shorewall.net>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>You are trying to test from inside your firewall (no, that
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won't work -- see <xref linkend="faq2"/>).</para>
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won't work -- see <xref linkend="faq2" />).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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tool when you installed Shorewall. Look for a service called 'iptables'
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that is being started after Shorewall and disable it.</para>
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</section>
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<section id="faq101">
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<title>(FAQ 101) How can I speed up 'shorewall start' and 'shorewall
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restart' on my slow hardware?</title>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">Answer</emphasis>: There are several steps
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that you can take:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>If your kernel supports module autoloading (and distribution
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default kernels almost always do), then set LOAD_HELPERS_ONLY=Yes in
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shorewall.conf.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Set AUTOMAKE=Yes in shorewall.conf. This will avoid the
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compilation phase in cases where the configuration has not changed
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since the last time that the configuration was compiled.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Don't set optimization option 8. For example, if you currently
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set OPTIMIZE=31, then change that to OPTIMIZE=23. Optimization
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option 8 combines identical chains which can result in a smaller
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ruleset, but it slows down the compilation of large rulesets.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</section>
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</section>
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<section id="MultiISP">
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Persistent SNAT: Available
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gateway:~# </programlisting>
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<para/>
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<para></para>
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</section>
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<section id="faq19">
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