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Shorewall 3.1.0
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Note to users upgrading from Shorewall 2.x or 3.0
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Most problems associated with upgrades come from two causes:
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- The user didn't read and follow the migration considerations in these
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release notes.
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- The user mis-handled the /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf file during
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upgrade. Shorewall is designed to allow the default behavior of
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the product to evolve over time. To make this possible, the design
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assumes that you will not replace your current shorewall.conf file
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during upgrades. If you feel absolutely compelled to have the latest
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comments and options in your shorewall.conf then you must proceed
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carefully.
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While you are at it, if you have a file named /etc/shorewall/rfc1918 then
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please check that file. If it has addresses listed that are NOT in one of
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these three ranges, then please rename the file to /etc/shorewall/rfc1918.old.
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10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
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172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
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192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
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Please see the "Migration Considerations" below for additional upgrade
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information.
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Problems corrected in 3.1.0
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1) If /etc/shorewall/ipsets exists, it is processed during [re]start but not
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during 'shorewall restore'.
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Migration Considerations:
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None.
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New Features:
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1) A new 'shorewall generate' command has been added.
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shorewall [ -q ] generate [ <config directory> ] <script file>
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where:
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-q Suppresses many of the progress messages
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<config directory> Is an optional directory to be searched for
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configuration files prior to those listed
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in CONFIG_DIR in /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf.
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<script file> Is the name of the output file. If a simple
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filename is given, the file will be created in
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/var/lib/shorewall.
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The 'generate' command processes the configuration and writes a script file
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which may then be executed (either directly or using the 'shorewall restore'
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command) to configure the firewall.
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'compile' is a synonym for 'generate':
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shorewall [ -q ] compile [ <config directory> ] <script file>
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WARNING: The generated script HAS ABSOLUTELY NO ERROR CHECKING so if there
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are errors in your configuration files that result in errors when
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the script is run then you may not be able to access your firewall
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or your firewall may have security holes.
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Given the above warning, I recommend that you use 'generate' when making
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simple changes to your configuration but that you continue to use 'restart'
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for complex changes.
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Some additional considerations:
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a) All 'detect' operations are done at the time that the 'generate' command
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is run. So it is generally not possible to run 'generate' on one system
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then move the generated script to another system.
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b) If you have extension scripts, they may need modification. The scripts
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will be run at generation time, rather than when the generated script
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is executed. The standard functions like 'run_iptables' and
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'log_rule_limit' will write the iptables command to the script file
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rather than executing the command. As always, you can check $COMMAND
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to determine which shorewall command is being executed.
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In addition to 'generate', a 'shorewall reload' command has been added.
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shorewall [ -q ] reload [ <config directory>
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where -q and <config directory> are as above.
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The 'reload' command creates a script using 'generate' and if there are
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no errors, it then restores that script. It is equivalent to:
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if shorewall generate <temp file>; then restore <tempfile>; fi
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The advantage of using reload over restart is that reload results in new
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connections being dropped for a much shorter time. Here are the results of
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tests that I conducted on my own firewall:
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A) shorewall -q restart
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real 0m17.540s
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user 0m5.956s
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sys 0m10.737s
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B) shorewall -q restore foo # foo created using "shorewall generate"
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real 0m3.505s
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user 0m1.332s
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sys 0m2.164s
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C) shorewall -q restore # Restores from file generated by "shorewall save"
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real 0m1.164s
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user 0m0.556s
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sys 0m0.608s
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The time difference from B to C reflects the difference between
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"iptables-restore" and multiple executions of "iptables". The system is a
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1.4Ghz Celeron with 512MB RAM.
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2) You may now repeat the -q option to cause Shorewall to be extra quiet.
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Example:
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gateway:~ # shorewall -qq reload
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Shorewall configuration compiled to /var/lib/shorewall/.reload
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Restoring Shorewall...
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Shorewall restored from /var/lib/shorewall/.reload
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gateway:~ #
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