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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Shorewall QuickStart Guides (HOWTOs)</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="html.css" type="text/css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2" /></head><body><div class="article" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="IPIP"></a>Shorewall QuickStart Guides (HOWTOs)</h2></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Tom</span> <span class="surname">Eastep</span></h3></div></div></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2001-2005 Thomas M. Eastep</p></div><div><div class="legalnotice"><a id="id279794"></a><p>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version
1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with
no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover, and with no Back-Cover
Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
“<span class="quote"><a class="ulink" href="GnuCopyright.htm" target="_self">GNU Free Documentation
License</a></span>”.</p></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">2008/12/15</p></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#Before">Before You Start</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#Guides">The Guides</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#Single">If you want the firewall system to handle a <span class="bold"><strong>single public IP address</strong></span></a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#Multi">If you want the firewall system to handle more than one public IP
address</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="caution" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Caution</h3><p><span class="bold"><strong>Do not attempt to install Shorewall on a
remote system. You are virtually assured to lock yourself out of that
system.</strong></span></p></div><p>With thanks to Richard who reminded me once again that we must all
first walk before we can run.</p><p>The French Translations of the single-IP guides are courtesy of
Patrice Vetsel. Updated for Shorewall 2.0 by Fabien Demassieux and for 3.0
by Guy Marcenac.</p><p>The Russian Translations are courtesy of Alex at tut.by.</p><div class="section" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="Before"></a>Before You Start</h2></div></div></div><p>Please read the short article <a class="ulink" href="Introduction.html" target="_self">Introduction to Shorewall</a> to familiarize
yourself with basic Shorewall concepts.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="Guides"></a>The Guides</h2></div></div></div><p>These guides provide step-by-step instructions for configuring
Shorewall in common firewall setups.</p><div class="section" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="Single"></a>If you want the firewall system to handle a <span class="bold"><strong>single public IP address</strong></span></h3></div></div></div><p>These guides are designed to get your first firewall up and
running quickly in the three most common Shorewall configurations. If
you want to learn more about Shorewall than is explained in these simple
guides then the <a class="ulink" href="shorewall_setup_guide.htm" target="_self">Shorewall Setup
Guide</a> (<a class="ulink" href="shorewall_setup_guide_fr.htm" target="_self">Version
Française</a>) is for you.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><a class="ulink" href="standalone.htm" target="_self">Standalone</a> Linux System
(<a class="ulink" href="standalone_fr.html" target="_self">Version Française</a>) <a class="ulink" href="standalone_ru.html" target="_self">(Russian Version)</a> <a class="ulink" href="standalone_es.html" target="_self">Version en Español</a></p></li><li><p><a class="ulink" href="two-interface.htm" target="_self">Two-interface</a> Linux
System acting as a firewall/router for a small local network
(<a class="ulink" href="two-interface_fr.html" target="_self">Version Française</a>)
(<a class="ulink" href="two-interface_ru.html" target="_self">Russian
Version</a>)</p></li><li><p><a class="ulink" href="three-interface.htm" target="_self">Three-interface</a>
Linux System acting as a firewall/router for a small local network
and a DMZ.. (<a class="ulink" href="three-interface_fr.html" target="_self">Version
Française</a>) (<a class="ulink" href="three-interface_ru.html" target="_self">Russian
Version</a>)</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="Multi"></a>If you want the firewall system to handle more than one public IP
address</h3></div></div></div><p>The <a class="ulink" href="shorewall_setup_guide.htm" target="_self">Shorewall Setup
Guide</a> (<a class="ulink" href="shorewall_setup_guide_fr.htm" target="_self">Version
Française</a>) outlines the steps necessary to set up a firewall
where there are multiple public IP addresses involved or if you want to
learn more about Shorewall than is explained in the single-address
guides above.</p></div></div></div></body></html>
