Shorewall Documentation

Tom Eastep

Copyright © 2005 Thomas M. Eastep

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 “GNU Free Documentation License”.

2005-12-11

Shorewall Versions

There is different documentation available depending on the Shorewall version you are running. To determine which version of Shorewall you are running, at a root shell prompt type shorewall version.

Example:

gateway:~# shorewall version
3.0.0
gateway:~#

In the above case, you want to select the 'Shorewall 3.x' link below.

Please note that versions of Shorewall earlier than 2.0.0 are no longer supported.

Frequently Used Documentation

QuickStart Guides (HOWTOs for setting up Shorewall in popular configurations) -- Shorewall 2.x Shorewall3.x
Installation/Upgrade Instructions -- Shorewall 2.x Shorewall 3.x
Shorewall Features (What it can do) -- Shorewall 2.x Shorewall 3.x
Limitations (Some things that it cannot do) -- Shorewall 2.x Shorewall 3.x
FAQs -- Shorewall 2.x Shorewall 3.x
Troubleshooting Guide -- Shorewall 2.x Shorewall 3.x
Upgrade Issues (when you encounter problems after upgrading your Shorewall installation)

Shorewall Documentation

Shorewall Versions

Frequently Used Documentation

Documentation Indexes