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Shoreline Firewall

http://www.shorewall.net/
The Shoreline Firewall, more commonly known as "Shorewall", is a Netfilter (iptables) based firewall that can be used on a dedicated firewall system, a multi-function gateway/router/server or on a standalone GNU/Linux system.

Documentation

User quickstart available in HTML format from http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm; User reference manual available in HTML format from http://www.shorewall.net/Documentation.htm

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Download

Download version 2.4.1 (stable)
released on 14 July 2005

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Security:firewall
• Use:security

Licensing

License	Verified by	Verified on	Notes
GPLv2	Janet Casey	2452478.523 July 2002

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Tom Eastep	Maintainer

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
Developer	VCS Repository Webview	http://www.shorewall.net/Shorewall_CVS_Access.html
Help	E-mail	mailto:shorewall-announce@lists.shorewall.net
Developer	E-mail	mailto:shorewall-devel@lists.shorewall.net
Support	E-mail	mailto:shorewall-users@listsshorewall.net

Software prerequisites

Kind	Description
Weak prerequisite	bash
Weak prerequisite	gawk/awk
Required to use	iptables 1.2 or later (author suggests *avoiding* 1.2.3)
Required to use	a kernal that supports netfilter
Weak prerequisite	iproute

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