NAME. policy - Shorewall policy file SYNOPSIS /etc/shorewall/policy DESCRIPTION. This file defines the high-level policy for connections between zones defined in m[blue]shorewall-zonesm[][1](5).

Dec 20, 2012 · Shorewall recognizes the firewall system as its own zone. The name of the zone designating the firewall itself (usually ‘fw’ as shown in the above file) is stored in the shell variable $FW which may be used throughout the Shorewall configuration to refer to the firewall zone. Description In shorewall-zones(5), a zone may be declared to The child-zonemay be neither the firewall zone nor a vserver zone. may not appear as a parent zone, although all vserver zones are handled as sub-zones of the firewall zone. The new LOG_ZONE option in shorewall[6].conf allows for only the source or destination zone to appear in the messages by setting LOG_ZONE to 'src' or 'dst' respectively. If LOG_ZONE=both (the default), then the full chain name is included in log messages Setting LOG_ZONE=src has been shown to decrease the size of the generated ruleset by more The order in which Shorewall6 matches addresses from packets to zones is determined by the order of zone declarations. nested in one or more other zones, you may either ensure that the nested zone precedes its parents in this file, or you may follow the (sub)zone name by ":" The parent zones must have been declared in earlier records in this file.

Sorry everybody, I ask for your precious advice again. I am switching from shorewall 4.5.6 and kernel 2.6.18 to shorewall 5.0.6 and kernel 2.6.32-573 I used mss=1538 in the in options in zones file and CLAMPMSS=yes to handle an IPSEC connection.

Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.17, if you specify a zone for the 'lo' interface, then that zone must be defined as type local in shorewall6-zones(5). BROADCAST (Optional) - {-| detect | address [, address]} Only available if FORMAT 1. Description. In shorewall-zones (5), a zone may be declared to be a sub-zone of one or more other zones using the above syntax. The child-zone may be neither the firewall zone nor a vserver zone. The firewall zone may not appear as a parent zone, although all vserver zones are handled as sub-zones of the firewall zone. The /etc/shorewall/zones file declares your network zones. You specify the hosts in each zone through entries in /etc/shorewall/interfaces or /etc/shorewall/hosts. The columns in the file are as follows (where the column name is followed by a different name in parentheses, the different name is used in the alternate specification syntax). The /etc/shorewall/zones file declares your network zones. You specify the hosts in each zone through entries in /etc/shorewall/interfaces or /etc/shorewall/hosts. The columns in the file are as follows (where the column name is followed by a different name in parentheses, the different name is used in the alternate specification syntax).

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That in Shorewall would be a zone or not depending on you to create a zone. What we do is creating the necessary zones and particularities into a zone. The user doesnt know if its really writing localnet or localnet:X We decide if that object should be considered a zone or not. A_REJECT AND A_REJECT! Added in Shorewall 4.4.20. Audited versions of REJECT and REJECT! respectively. Require AUDIT_TARGET support in the kernel and ip6tables. A_REJECT! is not available in the BLACKLIST section. CONTINUE For experts only. Do not process any of the following rules for this (source zone,destination zone). Note Beginning with Shorewall 4.4.13, entries are applied based on the blacklist setting in shorewall-zones[3](5): 1. 'blacklist' in the OPTIONS or IN_OPTIONS column. Traffic from this zone is passed against the entries in this file that have the src option (specified or defaulted). Sorry everybody, I ask for your precious advice again. I am switching from shorewall 4.5.6 and kernel 2.6.18 to shorewall 5.0.6 and kernel 2.6.32-573 I used mss=1538 in the in options in zones file and CLAMPMSS=yes to handle an IPSEC connection. Here is an example: shorewall-zones[4](5): #ZONE TYPE OPTIONS fw firewall net ipv4 dmz ipv4 loc ipv4 shorewall-interfaces[9](5): #ZONE INTERFACE BROADCAST OPTIONS net ppp0 loc eth1 detect dmz eth2 detect - ppp+ # Addresses are assigned from 192.168.3.0/24 shorewall-host[14](5): #ZONE HOST(S) OPTIONS loc ppp+:192.168.3.0/24 rules: #ACTION SOURCE (that's the place where I really hoped to clarify things) The header says: `` /etc/shorewall/zones This file is used to define the network zones. There is one entry in /etc/shorewall/zones for each zone; Columns in an entry are: '' I'd change it to something like: `` /etc/shorewall/zones This file is used to declare the network zones.