Shoreline Firewall (Shorewall) 1.0 

City of Shoreline in Washington State


News

3/19/2001 - The current version of Shorewall is 1.0.4. This version:

3/13/2001 - The Shorewall Website has now moved to Sourceforge! The current version of Shorewall is 1.0.3. This is a bug-fix release with no new features.

3/8/2001 - The current version of Shorewall is 1.0.2. It supports an additional "gw" (gateway) zone for tunnels and it supports IPSEC tunnels with end-points on the firewall. There is also a .lrp available now.

What is it?

The Shoreline Firewall (Shorewall) is an iptables based firewall that can be used on a dedicated firewall system, a multi-function masquerade gateway/server or on a standalone Linux system.

What features does it provide?

What other software do I need?

Where can I get it?

I strongly urge you to read and print a copy of the Shorewall Documentation. Once you've done that go to the Shorewall Download Page to download one of the modules:

Also check the errata to see if there are updates that apply to the version that you have downloaded.

Now that I've got it, how do I install and configure it?

If you haven't done so already, please read and print a copy of the Shorewall Documentation.

To install Shorewall using the tarball and install script:

Where do I get Help or Report Bugs?

First check the Errata. It lists common gotchas as well as known problems and restrictions and has links to download updated components.  If you can't solve your problem then contact the author

How do I customize it?

There are a number of configuration files that need to be edited to configure the firewall.

Updated 3/18/2001 - Tom Eastep


    

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