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| author |   ArTourter | 2012-07-26 00:42:37 +0200 |
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| committer |   Robby Workman | 2012-07-26 00:42:37 +0200 |
| commit | bf01b31812c5b464f18c9344aca6a6cc5988bf35 (patch) | |
| tree | 22c32cdde43ad67856c48e31f0af91c622374c8a /network/shorewall-core/README | |
| parent | bdc71c3864eb10ef7abf8e2e39a41a1d7b389b8f (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-bf01b31812c5b464f18c9344aca6a6cc5988bf35.tar.gz | |
network/shorewall-core: Added (core shorewall components)
Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/network/shorewall-core/README b/network/shorewall-core/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e1734632c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/shorewall-core/README @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Shorewall-core (Iptables Made Easy) + +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. + +As of version 4.5, shorewall consists of 3 packages: +* shorewall-core, containing the common elements to both IPv4 and IPv6 components +* shorewall, the IPv4 component +* shorewall6, the IPv6 component + +The shorewall-core package is needed for both but now you can install the IPv6 +packages without needing the IPv4 one if you are on aIV6 network only. + +This requires xtables-addons to use the new per-IP accounting feature. |