Thank you very much! Before I read your message, I got brave and gave Shorewall 4.4.0.2 a try, and it's working. I came back here to report this, and I now see your message.
I realize that some of the 4.4.0.2 config files differ from the current documentation, but thankfully, there is still enough discussion and documentation out there for the 4.x releases, and I have been able to figure out how to get it functioning. Some day I will move off of that prehistoric CentOS-4.8 server completely, at which time all of this will become moot. In the mean time, Shorewall 4.4.0.2 is more than sufficient for my current needs. Thank you again. -- Hippo Man hippo...@gmail.com Take a hippopotamus to lunch today. On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 12:55 PM Roberto C. Sánchez <robe...@connexer.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 06:25:50PM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > > I'm running on the ancient CentOS-4.8, and there is no feasible way to > > upgrade this system in the forseeable future. > > I'd like to get Shorewall running on that system, if possible, and I > > wonder if someone could recommend the proper version of Shorewall to > > download that would work on this Stone-Age version of CentOS. > > Thank you for any pointers or suggestions. > > Hi Lloyd, > > I apologize for the rather unhelpful responses you have received. I am > going to assume that you understand the risk of running such an outdated > system and that you also have a good reason for doing so. > > Understanding that you will be limited to an outdated Shorewall, the > principal constraints are the versions of Linux, iptables, and Perl > available to you. > > Distrowatch shows Linux 2.6.9 and Perl 5.8.5 as available in RHEL 4.8. > Based on that, you can probably run Shorewall 4.6 (it appears that the > last release was 4.6.13.4 in January 2016). If for some reason that > doesn't work, than you can fall back to 4.2. However, that version is > ancient and predates the current Git source control so I cannot easily > tell you when it was released. You can probably search for it in the > archives. > > Some articles on the requirements: > > versions 4.4-4.6: http://www.shorewall.org/4.6/shorewall_prerequisites.htm > versions 4.0-4.2: http://www.shorewall.org/4.2/shorewall_prerequisites.htm > > Additional documentation: > > http://www.shorewall.org/4.6/Documentation_Index.html > http://www.shorewall.org/4.2/Documentation_Index.html > > I encourage you to carefully read the documentation as many things have > changed over the years and it is prudent to understand the particular > version of Shorewall you are working with. Additionally, expect that > you may not receive the best help if you encounter problems. Feel free > to ask here on the list or in IRC, but not many of us still deal with > such old versions. > > Regards, > > -Roberto > > -- > Roberto C. Sánchez > http://people.connexer.com/~roberto > http://www.connexer.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Shorewall-users mailing list > Shorewall-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users >
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