<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> <article id="IPIP"> <!--$Id$--> <articleinfo> <title>Shorewall QuickStart Guides (HOWTOs)</title> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Tom</firstname> <surname>Eastep</surname> </author> </authorgroup> <pubdate><?dbtimestamp format="Y/m/d"?></pubdate> <copyright> <year>2001-2005</year> <holder>Thomas M. Eastep</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> <para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled <quote><ulink url="GnuCopyright.htm">GNU Free Documentation License</ulink></quote>.</para> </legalnotice> </articleinfo> <caution> <para><emphasis role="bold">Do not attempt to install Shorewall on a remote system. You are virtually assured to lock yourself out of that system.</emphasis></para> </caution> <para>With thanks to Richard who reminded me once again that we must all first walk before we can run.</para> <para>The French Translations of the single-IP guides are courtesy of Patrice Vetsel. Updated for Shorewall 2.0 by Fabien Demassieux and for 3.0 by Guy Marcenac.</para> <para>The Russian Translations are courtesy of Alex at tut.by.</para> <section> <title>Before You Start</title> <para>Please read the short article <ulink url="Introduction.html">Introduction to Shorewall</ulink> to familiarize yourself with basic Shorewall concepts.</para> </section> <section id="Guides"> <title>The Guides</title> <para>These guides provide step-by-step instructions for configuring Shorewall in common firewall setups.</para> <section> <title>If you want the firewall system to handle a <emphasis role="bold">single public IP address</emphasis></title> <para>These guides are designed to get your first firewall up and running quickly in the three most common Shorewall configurations. If you want to learn more about Shorewall than is explained in these simple guides then the <ulink url="shorewall_setup_guide.htm">Shorewall Setup Guide</ulink> (<ulink url="shorewall_setup_guide_fr.htm">Version Française</ulink>) is for you.<itemizedlist> <listitem> <para><ulink url="standalone.htm">Standalone</ulink> Linux System (<ulink url="standalone_fr.html">Version Française</ulink>) <ulink url="standalone_ru.html">(Russian Version)</ulink> <ulink url="standalone_es.html">Version en Español</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="two-interface.htm">Two-interface</ulink> Linux System acting as a firewall/router for a small local network (<ulink url="two-interface_fr.html">Version Française</ulink>) (<ulink url="two-interface_ru.html">Russian Version</ulink>)</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="three-interface.htm">Three-interface</ulink> Linux System acting as a firewall/router for a small local network and a DMZ.. (<ulink url="three-interface_fr.html">Version Française</ulink>) (<ulink url="three-interface_ru.html">Russian Version</ulink>)</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist></para> </section> <section> <title>If you want the firewall system to handle more than one public IP address</title> <para>The <ulink url="shorewall_setup_guide.htm">Shorewall Setup Guide</ulink> (<ulink url="shorewall_setup_guide_fr.htm">Version Française</ulink>) outlines the steps necessary to set up a firewall where there are multiple public IP addresses involved or if you want to learn more about Shorewall than is explained in the single-address guides above.</para> </section> </section> </article>