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diff --git a/network/shorewall6/README b/network/shorewall6/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fdf49e9983 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/shorewall6/README @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Shorewall6 (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. + +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. + +You will also need the shorewall-common and shorewall-perl packages. +Note that you cannot use the shell compiler to have IPv6 support. |