shorewall-zones(5)

NAME

zones - Shorewall zone declaration file

SYNOPSIS

/etc/shorewall/zones

DESCRIPTION

The /etc/shorewall/zones file declares your network zones. You specify the hosts in each zone through entries in /etc/shorewall/interfaces or /etc/shorewall/hosts.

The columns in the file are as follows.

ZONE - zone[:parent-zone[,parent-zone]...]: Name of the zone. The names "all", "none", "SOURCE" and "DEST" are reserved and may not be used as zone names. The maximum length of a zone name is determined by the setting of the LOGFORMAT option in
shorewall.conf[1](5). With the default LOGFORMAT, zone names can be at most 5 characters long.; The order in which Shorewall matches addresses from packets to
zones is determined by the order of zone declarations. Where a zone is nested in one or more other zones, you may either ensure that
the nested zone precedes its parents in this file, or you may
follow the (sub)zone name by ":" and a comma-separated list of the parent zones. The parent zones must have been declared in earlier
records in this file. See shorewall-nesting[2](5) for additional information.; Example:

#ZONE TYPE OPTIONS IN OPTIONS OUT OPTIONS a ipv4
b ipv4
c:a,b ipv4; Currently, Shorewall uses this information to reorder the zone list so that parent zones appear after their subzones in the list. The
IMPLICIT_CONTINUE option in shorewall.conf[1](5) can also create implicit CONTINUE policies to/from the subzone.; In the future, Shorewall may make additional use of nesting
information.
TYPE: ipv4
This is the standard Shorewall zone type and is the default if you leave this column empty or if you enter "-" in the column. Communication with some zone hosts may be encrypted. Encrypted hosts are designated using the 'ipsec'option in
shorewall-hosts[3](5).; ipsec
Communication with all zone hosts is encrypted. Your kernel and iptables must include policy match support.; firewall
Designates the firewall itself. You must have exactly one
'firewall' zone. No options are permitted with a 'firewall'
zone. The name that you enter in the ZONE column will be stored in the shell variable $FW which you may use in other
configuration files to designate the firewall zone.; bport (or bport4)
(Shorewall-perl only) The zone is associated with one or more
ports on a single bridge.
OPTIONS, IN OPTIONS and OUT OPTIONS - [option[,option]...]: A comma-separated list of options. With the exception of the mss option, these only apply to TYPE ipsec zones.; reqid=number
where number is specified using setkey(8) using the 'unique:number option for the SPD level.; spi=<number>
where number is the SPI of the SA used to encrypt/decrypt packets.; proto=ah|esp|ipcomp
IPSEC Encapsulation Protocol; mss=number
sets the MSS field in TCP packets. If you supply this option,
you should also set FASTACCEPT=No in shorewall.conf[1](5) to insure that both the SYN and SYN,ACK packets have their MSS
field adjusted.; mode=transport|tunnel
IPSEC mode; tunnel-src=address[/mask]
only available with mode=tunnel; tunnel-dst=address[/mask]
only available with mode=tunnel; strict
Means that packets must match all rules.; next
Separates rules; can only be used with strict; The options in the OPTIONS column are applied to both incoming and outgoing traffic. The IN OPTIONS are applied to incoming traffic
(in addition to OPTIONS) and the OUT OPTIONS are applied to
outgoing traffic.; If you wish to leave a column empty but need to make an entry in a following column, use "-".

FILES

/etc/shorewall/zones

NOTES

1. shorewall.conf: shorewall.conf.html; 2. shorewall-nesting
shorewall-nesting.html; 3. shorewall-hosts
shorewall-hosts.html

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