Shorewall6 4.3 ManpagesTomEastep200720082009Thomas M. EastepPermission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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License.These manpages are for Shorewall6 4.0 only. They describe features
and options not available on earlier releases.The docbook to manpage translation tool that we are using has some
indentation issues which require us to choose between correct output of
the man command and correctly-indented HTML. We've chosen in favor of the
man command so some of the manpages accessed through the links below have
indentation problems. We're working to resolve these issues and ask for
your patience.Section 5 — Files and Concepts
accounting - Define
IP accounting rules.actions
- Declare user-defined actions.blacklist - Static
blacklisting.exclusion -
Excluding hosts from a network or zonehosts -
Define multiple zones accessed through a single interfaceinterfaces - Define
the interfaces on the system and optionally associate them with
zones.maclist
- Define MAC verification.modules
- Specify which kernel modules to load.nesting
- How to define nested zones.notrack
- Exclude certain traffic from Netfilter6 connection trackingparams -
Assign values to shell variables used in other files.policy -
Define high-level policies for connections between zones.providers - Define
routing tables, usually for multiple Internet links.rfc1918
- Specify address ranges affected by the
interface option.route_rules -
Define routing rules.routestopped -
Specify connections to be permitted when Shorewall6 is in the stopped
state.rules -
Specify exceptions to policies, including DNAT and REDIRECT.tcclasses - Define
htb classes for traffic shaping.tcdevices - Specify
speed of devices for traffic shaping.tcrules
- Define packet marking rules, usually for traffic shaping.tos -
Define TOS field manipulation.tunnels
- Define VPN connections with endpoints on the firewall.shorewall6.conf - Specify
values for global Shorewall6 options.shorewall6-lite.conf
- Specify values for global Shorewall6 Lite options.vardir -
Redefine the directory where Shorewall6 keeps its state
information.vardir-lite -
Redefine the directory where Shorewall6 Lite keeps its state
information.zones -
Declare Shorewall6 zones.
Section 8 — Administrative Commands
shorewall6 -
/sbin/shorewall6 command syntax and semantics.shorewall6-lite -
/sbin/shorewall6-lite command syntax and semantics.