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<articleinfo>
<title>Getting Started with Shorewall</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Tom</firstname>
<surname>Eastep</surname>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<pubdate><?dbtimestamp format="Y/m/d"?></pubdate>
<copyright>
<year>2006</year>
<year>2007</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>
<para>Please read this short article first.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="Introduction.html">Introduction to
Shorewall</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Next, read the QuickStart Guide that is appropriate for your
configuration:</para>
<para><emphasis role="bold">If you have only one public IP
address:</emphasis></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="standalone.htm">Standalone</ulink> Linux System with a
single network interface (<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><emphasis role="bold">If you have more than one public IP
address:</emphasis></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<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>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>The following articles are also recommended reading for
newcomers.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="configuration_file_basics.htm">Configuration File
Basics</ulink><blockquote>
<para><informaltable frame="none">
<tgroup cols="2">
<tbody valign="middle">
<row>
<entry><ulink
url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Manpages">Man
Pages</ulink></entry>
<entry><ulink
url="configuration_file_basics.htm#MAC">Using MAC
Addresses in Shorewall</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><ulink
url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Comments">Comments in
configuration files</ulink></entry>
<entry><ulink
url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Variables">Using Shell
Variables</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><ulink
url="configuration_file_basics.htm#COMMENT">Attach Comment
to Netfilter Rules</ulink></entry>
<entry><ulink
url="configuration_file_basics.htm#dnsnames">Using DNS
Names</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><ulink
url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Continuation">Line
Continuation</ulink></entry>
<entry><ulink
url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Compliment">Complementing
an IP address or Subnet</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><ulink
url="configuration_file_basics.htm#INCLUDE">INCLUDE
Directive</ulink></entry>
<entry><ulink
url="configuration_file_basics.htm#IPRanges">IP Address
Ranges</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><ulink
url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Ports">Port
Numbers/Service Names</ulink></entry>
<entry><ulink
url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Levels">Shorewall
Configurations (making a test
configuration)</ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><ulink
url="configuration_file_basics.htm#Ranges">Port
Ranges</ulink></entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable></para>
</blockquote></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="starting_and_stopping_shorewall.htm">Operating
Shorewall and Shorewall Lite</ulink> contains a lot of useful
operational hints.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>PPPPPPPS ( or, Paul's Principles for Practical Provision of Packet
Processing with Shorewall ) <ulink
url="http://linuxman.wikispaces.com/PPPPPPS">http://linuxman.wikispaces.com/PPPPPPS</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</article>