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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
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<article id="shorewall_features">
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<articleinfo>
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<title>Shorewall Features</title>
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<author>
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<firstname>Tom</firstname>
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<surname>Eastep</surname>
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</author>
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<pubdate><?dbtimestamp format="Y/m/d"?></pubdate>
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<copyright>
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<year>2001-2009</year>
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<holder>Thomas M Eastep</holder>
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</copyright>
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<legalnotice>
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<para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version
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1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with
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no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover, and with no Back-Cover
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Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
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<quote><ulink url="GnuCopyright.htm">GNU Free Documentation
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License</ulink></quote>.</para>
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</legalnotice>
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</articleinfo>
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<caution>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">This article applies to Shorewall 4.3 and
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later. If you are running a version of Shorewall earlier than Shorewall
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4.3.5 then please see the documentation for that
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release.</emphasis></para>
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</caution>
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<section id="Features">
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<title>Features</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Uses Netfilter's connection tracking facilities for stateful
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packet filtering.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Can be used in<emphasis role="bold"> a wide range of
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router/firewall/gateway applications</emphasis> .</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Completely customizable using configuration files.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>No limit on the number of network interfaces.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Allows you to partition the network into <ulink
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url="manpages/shorewall-zones.html">zones</ulink> and gives you
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complete control over the connections permitted between each pair
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of zones.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Multiple interfaces per zone and multiple zones per
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interface permitted.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Supports nested and overlapping zones.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Supports <emphasis role="bold">centralized firewall
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administration</emphasis>.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Shorewall installed on a single administrative system. May
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be a <trademark>Windows</trademark> PC running
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<trademark>Cygwin</trademark> or an <trademark>Apple
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MacIntosh</trademark> running OS X (Mac support was added in
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Shorewall 4.4.9).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Centrally generated firewall scripts run on the firewalls
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under control of <ulink
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url="CompiledPrograms.html#Lite">Shorewall-lite</ulink>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink url="shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm">QuickStart Guides
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(HOWTOs)</ulink> to help get your first firewall up and running
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quickly</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>A <emphasis role="bold">GUI</emphasis> is available via Webmin
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1.060 and later (<ulink
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url="http://www.webmin.com">http://www.webmin.com</ulink>)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Extensive <emphasis role="bold"><ulink
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url="Documentation_Index.html">documentation</ulink></emphasis> is
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available in both Docbook XML and HTML formats.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">Flexible address management/routing
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support</emphasis> (and you can use all types in the same
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firewall):</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink
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url="manpages/shorewall-masq.html">Masquerading/SNAT</ulink>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink url="FAQ.htm#faq1">Port Forwarding
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(DNAT)</ulink>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink url="NAT.htm">One-to-one NAT</ulink>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink url="ProxyARP.htm">Proxy ARP</ulink>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink url="netmap.html">NETMAP</ulink> (requires a 2.6
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kernel or a patched 2.4 kernel).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink url="Shorewall_and_Routing.html">Multiple ISP
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support</ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink role="bold" url="blacklisting_support.htm"><emphasis
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role="bold">Blacklisting</emphasis></ulink> of individual IP addresses
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and subnetworks is supported.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink url="starting_and_stopping_shorewall.htm">Operational
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Support</ulink>.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Commands to start, stop and clear the firewall</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Supports status monitoring with an audible alarm when an
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<quote>interesting</quote> packet is detected.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Wide variety of informational commands.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">VPN Support</emphasis>.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink url="manpages/shorewall-tunnels.html">IPSEC, GRE,
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IPIP and OpenVPN Tunnels</ulink>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink url="PPTP.htm">PPTP</ulink> clients and
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Servers.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Support for <ulink url="traffic_shaping.htm"><emphasis
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role="bold">Traffic</emphasis> Control/<emphasis
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role="bold">Shaping</emphasis></ulink>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Wide support for different <emphasis role="bold">GNU/Linux
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Distributions</emphasis>.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink url="Install.htm#Install_RPM">RPM</ulink> and <ulink
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url="http://www.debian.org">Debian</ulink> packages
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available.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Includes automated <ulink url="Install.htm">install, upgrade
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and uninstall facilities</ulink> for users who can't use or choose
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not to use the RPM or Debian packages.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Included as a standard part of <ulink
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url="http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo">LEAF/Bering</ulink>
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(router/firewall on a floppy, CD or compact flash).</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink url="MAC_Validation.html">Media Access Control (<emphasis
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role="bold">MAC</emphasis>) Address <emphasis
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role="bold">Verification</emphasis></ulink>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold"><ulink url="Accounting.html">Traffic
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Accounting</ulink>.</emphasis></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink url="bridge-Shorewall-perl.html"><emphasis
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role="bold">Bridge</emphasis>/Firewall support</ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><ulink url="IPv6Support.html"><emphasis
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role="bold">IPv6</emphasis> Support</ulink></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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</article>
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