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<title>Shorewall Features</title>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Shorewall Features<br>
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</h1>
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<ul>
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<li>Uses Netfilter's connection tracking facilities for stateful
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packet filtering.</li>
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<li>Can be used in a <b> wide range of router/firewall/gateway
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applications</b>.
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<ul>
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<li>Completely customizable using configuration files.</li>
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<li>No limit on the number of network interfaces.</li>
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<li>Allows you to partitions the network into <i><a
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href="Documentation.htm#Zones">zones</a></i> and gives you complete
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control over the connections permitted between each pair of
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zones.</li>
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<li>Multiple interfaces per zone and multiple zones per interface
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permitted.</li>
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<li>Supports nested and overlapping zones.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li> <a href="shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm">QuickStart Guides
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(HOWTOs)</a> to help get your first firewall up and running quickly</li>
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<li>A <b>GUI</b> is available via Webmin 1.060 and later (<a
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href="http://www.webmin.com">http://www.webmin.com</a>)<br>
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</li>
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<li>Extensive <b> <a
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href="shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm#Documentation">documentation</a> </b>
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included in the .tgz and .rpm downloads.</li>
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<li><b>Flexible address management/routing support</b> (and you can
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use all types in the same firewall):
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<ul>
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<li><a href="Documentation.htm#Masq">Masquerading/SNAT</a></li>
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<li><a href="Documentation.htm#PortForward">Port Forwarding (DNAT)</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="Documentation.htm#NAT">One-to-one NAT</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="Documentation.htm#ProxyArp"> Proxy ARP</a>.</li>
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<li>Simple host/subnet Routing</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><a href="blacklisting_support.htm"><b>Blacklisting</b></a> of
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individual IP addresses and subnetworks is supported.</li>
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<li><b><a href="starting_and_stopping_shorewall.htm">Operational
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support</a></b>:
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<ul>
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<li>Commands to start, stop and clear the firewall</li>
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<li>Supports status monitoring with an audible
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alarm when an "interesting" packet is detected.</li>
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<li>Wide variety of informational commands.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><b>VPN Support</b>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="Documentation.htm#Tunnels">IPSEC, GRE, IPIP
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and
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OpenVPN Tunnels</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="PPTP.htm">PPTP </a> clients and Servers.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Support for <a href="traffic_shaping.htm"><b>Traffic
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Control/Shaping</b></a> integration.</li>
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<li>Wide support for different <b>GNU/Linux Distributions</b>.
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<ul>
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<li><a href="Install.htm#Install_RPM"><b>RPM</b></a> and <a
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href="http://idea.sec.dico.unimi.it/%7Elorenzo/index.html#Debian"><b>Debian</b></a>
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packages available.</li>
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<li>Includes <a href="Install.htm"><b>automated install,
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upgrade, fallback and uninstall facilities</b></a> for users
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who can't use or choose not to use the RPM or Debian packages.</li>
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<li>Included as a standard part of<b> <a
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href="http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo"> LEAF/Bering</a> </b>(router/firewall
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on a floppy, CD or compact flash).</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><a href="MAC_Validation.html">Media Access Control (<b>MAC</b>)
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Address <b>Verification</b></a></li>
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<li><a href="Accounting.html">Traffic Accounting<br>
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</a><br>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p><font size="2">Last updated 11/13/2003 - <a href="support.htm">Tom
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Eastep</a></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="copyright.htm"> <font
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size="2">Copyright</font> <20> <font size="2">2001-2003 Thomas M. Eastep.</font></a></font><br>
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</p>
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<br>
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<br>
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<br>
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</body>
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