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Copyright © 2001-2009 Thomas M. Eastep
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<p>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
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any
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later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
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Invariant
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Sections, with no Front-Cover, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of
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the
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license is included in the section entitled <span
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style="text-decoration: underline;">"</span><a href="GnuCopyright.htm"
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target="_self">GNU Free Documentation License</a>".<br>
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</p>
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<p>The Shorewall Logo is the work of Gareth Davies of <a target="_top"
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href="http://thusa.co.za">Thusa</a> and is licensed under the Creative
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Commons
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Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 South Africa License. To view a copy of
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this
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licence, visit <a
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href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/za/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/za/
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</a>or send a
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letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San
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Francisco,
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California 94105, USA.</p>
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<p>2009-01-14</p>
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<hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;">
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<h2>Table of Contents</h2>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.4166in;"><a
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href="shorewall_index.htm#Releases">Current Shorewall Releases</a><br>
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<a href="shorewall_index.htm#GettingStarted">Getting Started with
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Shorewall</a><br>
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<a href="shorewall_index.htm#Info">Looking for Information?</a><br>
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<a href="#Glossary">Glossary</a><br>
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<a href="#WhatIs">What is Shorewall?</a><a href="#Info"></a><br>
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<a href="#License">License</a></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.42in;"></p>
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<h3><a name="Releases"></a>Current Shorewall Releases</h3>
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<p style="margin-left: 40px;">The <span style="font-weight: bold;">current
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Stable Release</span> version is 4.2.4 which contains <a
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href="IPv6Support.html">IPv6 support.</a><br>
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</p>
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<ul style="margin-left: 40px;">
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<li>Here are the <a
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href="http://www1.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/4.2/shorewall-4.2.4/releasenotes.txt">release
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notes</a> <br>
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</li>
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<li>Here are the <a
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href="http://www1.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/4.2/shorewall-4.2.4/known_problems.txt">known
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problems</a>.
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<p>Read more about the Shorewall <a href="Shorewall-4.html">4.x
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releases here</a>.<br>
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</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<div style="margin-left: 40px;">
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The <span style="font-weight: bold;">previous Stable Release</span>
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version
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is 4.0.14<br>
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<ul>
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<li>Here are the <a
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href="http://www1.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/4.0/shorewall-4.0.14/releasenotes.txt">release
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notes</a> <br>
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</li>
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<li>Here are the <a
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href="http://www1.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/4.0/shorewall-4.0.14/known_problems.txt">known
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problems</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div style="margin-left: 40px;">
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<p>The <span style="font-weight: bold;">current Development Release</span>
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series is 4.3. There is currently no 4.3 code releases.<br>
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</p>
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<p>Get them from the <a href="download.htm">download sites</a></p>
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</div>
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<h3><a name="GettingStarted"></a>Getting Started with Shorewall</h3>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.42in;">New to Shorewall? Download the current
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Stable
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version (see above) then select the <a
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href="shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm">QuickStart Guide</a> that most
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closely
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matches your environment and follow the step by step instructions.</p>
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<h3><a name="Info"></a>Looking for Information?</h3>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.42in;">The <a href="Documentation.html">Documentation
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Index</a> is a good place to start as
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is the Site Search in the frame above.</p>
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<h3><a name="Glossary"></a>Glossary</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.netfilter.org/"
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target="_top">Netfilter</a> - the packet filter facility built into
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the 2.4 and later Linux kernels.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">ipchains - the packet filter
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facility built into the 2.2 Linux kernels. Also the name of the utility
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program used to configure and control that facility. Netfilter can be
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used in ipchains compatibility mode.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>iptables - the utility program used to configure and control
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Netfilter. The term 'iptables' is often used to refer to the
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combination of iptables+Netfilter (with Netfilter not in ipchains
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compatibility mode).</p>
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</li>
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<li>iptables-restore - a utility program that used to configure and
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control Netfilter. Unlike iptables, which performs only one operation
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per execution, iptables-restore can configure an entire ruleset in one
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execution. It takes much less time to configure a firewall using
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iptables-restore than it does using iptables.<br>
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<br>
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</li>
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<li>Shorewall-shell - the legacy Shorewall rules compiler written in
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Bourne Shell. It generates a shell script that uses iptables to
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configure the firewall.<br>
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<br>
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</li>
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<li>Shorewall-perl - a Shorewall rules compiler written in Perl. It
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generates a shell script that uses iptables-restore to configure the
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firewall.<br>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="WhatIs"></a>What is Shorewall?</h3>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.42in;">The Shoreline Firewall, more commonly
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known
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as "Shorewall", is a high-level tool for configuring Netfilter. You
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describe
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your firewall/gateway requirements using entries in a set of
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configuration
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files. Shorewall reads those configuration files and generates a shell
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script. That shell script uses the
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iptables or iptables-restore utility to configure Netfilter to match
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your
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requirements.
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Shorewall can be used on a dedicated firewall system, a multi-function
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gateway/router/server or on a standalone GNU/Linux system. Shorewall
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does not
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use Netfilter's ipchains compatibility mode; as a consequence,
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Shorewall can
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take advantage of Netfilter's connection state tracking capabilities to
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create a stateful firewall.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.42in;">The current version of
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Shorewall can configure both IPv4 and IPv6 firewalls.<br>
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<br>
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Shorewall is <u>not</u> a daemon. Once Shorewall has configured
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Netfilter,
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it's job is complete and there is no Shorewall code left running in the
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system. The <a href="starting_and_stopping_shorewall.htm">/sbin/shorewall
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program can be used at any time to monitor the Netfilter firewall</a>.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.42in;">Shorewall is not the easiest to use of
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the
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available iptables configuration tools but I believe that it is the
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most
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flexible and powerful. So if you are looking for a simple
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point-and-click
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set-and-forget Linux firewall solution that requires a minimum of
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networking
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knowledge, I would encourage you to check out the following
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alternatives:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span
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style="text-decoration: underline;"><a
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href="http://www.kmyfirewall.org/">kmyfirewall</a></span><br>
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p><a href="http://www.fs-security.com/">Firestarter<br>
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</a></p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.42in;">On the other hand, if you are looking
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for a
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Linux firewall solution that can handle complex and fast changing
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network
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environments then Shorewall is a logical choice.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.42in;">To see some of the many things that you
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can
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do with Shorewall, see the <a href="shorewall_features.htm">Shorewall
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Features page</a>.<br>
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</p>
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<h3><a name="License"></a>License</h3>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.42in;">This program is free software; you can
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redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of <a
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href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">Version 2 of the GNU
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General
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Public License</a> as published by the Free Software Foundation.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.42in;">This program is distributed in the hope
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that
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it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
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warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
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the GNU
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General Public License for more detail.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.42in;">You should have received a copy of the
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GNU
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General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the
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Free
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Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
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02110-1301 USA.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.42in;">Permission is granted to copy,
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distribute
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and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free
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Documentation
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License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free
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Software
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Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover, and with
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no
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Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section
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entitled
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"GNU Free Documentation License"</p>
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<hr>
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<h2><a name="Donations"></a>Donations</h2>
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<p><a href="http://www.alz.org/" target="_top"><font color="#000080"><img
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alt="(Alzheimer's Association Logo)" src="images/alz_logo2.gif"
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name="Graphic2" align="right" border="1" height="66" width="306"></font></a><a
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href="http://www.starlight.org/" target="_top"><font color="#000080"><img
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alt="(Starlight Foundation Logo)" src="images/newlog.gif"
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name="Graphic3" align="right" border="1" height="108" width="65"></font></a>Shorewall
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is free but if you try it and
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find it useful, please consider making a donation to the <a
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href="http://www.alz.org/" target="_top">Alzheimer's Association</a>
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or to
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the <a href="http://www.starlight.org/" target="_top">Starlight
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Children's
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Foundation</a>. <br>
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<br>
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Thank You</p>
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