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...''s automatic association of helpers to connections on kernel 3.5 and later. - An automatic association of helpers with connections that performs the same function as in the pre-3.5 kernels has been added. This automatic association is controlled by the new AUTOHELPERS shorewall.conf option which is set to ''Yes'' by default. - A HELPERS column has been added to the /etc/shorewall/rules In the NEW section: When the ACTION is ACCEPT, DNAT or REDIRECT, the specified helper is automatically associated with th...

...if I use a ''{ helper:RAS }'' entry as well. Shorewall believes my kernel has H323 capabilities: # shorewall show capabilities | grep H323 H323 Helper: Available The HELPERS entries in the /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf file are: # grep HELPER /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf AUTOHELPERS=No HELPERS= LOAD_HELPERS_ONLY=No If I try to force the h323 by defining HELPERS in shorewall.conf like so: HELPERS=ftp,h323,irs,netbios-ns,pptp,sip,snmp,tftp Then shorewall check now results in: # shorewall check Checking... Processing /etc/shorewall/params ... Processing /etc/shorewa...