On 03/16/2013 06:21 PM, Mr Dash Four wrote:

> 
> Another suggestion: for all table IDs shorewall uses provider numbers. 
> Can you change that to provider names instead?

That would break if KEEP_RT_TABLES=Yes were set.

> 
> It would help debugging and it is more clearer. When I see "ip route del 
> blackhole 10.0.0.0/8 table 7" for example, I have to start digging in 
> order to decipher what that number translates to. It will be much easier 
> if I had "ip route del blackhole 10.0.0.0/8 table dmz" instead since 
> that is the name I have used in routes.
> 
>> 2)  The 'ifupdown' script installed by Shorewall-init is now
>>     distribution-specific. Previously, the script determined the
>>     distribution at run-time.
>>   
> I've got a question about this: ifupdown executes 
> "${VARLIB}/$PRODUCT/firewall -V0 $COMMAND $INTERFACE".
> 
> Is "${VARLIB}/$PRODUCT/firewall" not the equivalent of 
> "${VARDIR}/firewall"? If so, for consistency, I'd suggest that you use 
> VARDIR instead.

PRODUCT is the loop variable, so that substitution doesn't work.

> 
> What does ${VARDIR}/firewall <up|down> <iface> do exactly? I am 
> particularly interested to know whether any of the rules or 
> traffic-shaping rules are (re-)defined or reset?

It depends; see the tables in http://www.shorewall.net/Shorewall-init.html.

-Tom
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