Michael Weickel - iQom Business Services GmbH wrote:
> OK - I figured out what it is but maybe someone can give an explanation
> here.
> 
> If I use he multiple zones configuration I have to do in addition
> 
> Hosts
> 
> v3005 vlan3005:0.0.0.0/0
> 
> And of course this seems to be very logic since this means all ip´s on the
> internet. 
> 
> But I am still confused a lot why this is the first time I have to do it
> after using Shorewall over years without to be forced to say 0.0.0.0/0. 
> 
> If I use non-multiple configuration it works perfectly as well without the
> need to configure 0.0.0.0/0 but the broadcast of the subnet, linked to the
> next-hop pointing Shorewall to the public internet. 
> 
> So from my side there stays nothing against configuring 0.0.0.0/0 in
> multiple zones but I am still interested why the need occurs in my special
> environment. 
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. 

I suspect that in the past you have been specifying a zone name rather
than '-' in the ZONE column of /etc/shorewall/interfaces in addition to
an entry in /etc/shorewall/hosts. That has the same effect as putting
0.0.0.0/0 in the /etc/shorewall/hosts file.

-Tom
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