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authorArTourter <artourter@gmail.com>2012-07-25 17:49:12 -0500
committerRobby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>2012-07-25 17:49:12 -0500
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network/shorewall6: Updated for version 4.5.6.
Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>
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-Shorewall6 (IPv6 support package for shorewall)
+Shorewall (IPv6 support package for shorewall)
-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.
+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.
-This is the IPv6 part of Shorewall. It only provides IPv6 support.
-The IPv6 part is started by /etc/rc.d/rc.shorewall6 from rc.firewall
-(provided by shorewall-common) if both are executable.
-rc.shorewall provided by shorewall-common will only start the IPv4
-part of the firewall. Both can run simultaneously.
+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
-You will also need the shorewall package.
+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 shorewall-core (and xtables-addons to use the new per-IP
+accounting feature).