Shorewall users - Apr 2002 - Naive newbie question about trusted IP addresses

I''ve just installed shorewall (I used the single user setup) on
Mandrake
8.1.  I see there is a blacklist file, but how do I handle the opposite?
I.e. where do I list the IP addresses of trusted hosts that I should let
through regardless?

-Richard.
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Richard Kimber
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Richard Kimber wrote:
> I''ve just installed shorewall (I used the single user setup) on
Mandrake
> 8.1.  I see there is a blacklist file, but how do I handle the opposite?
> I.e. where do I list the IP addresses of trusted hosts that I should let
> through regardless?
There''s no exact opposite to blacklist.  What you need to do is set up
a
zone that permits the traffic you want.  Use the zones/hosts/interfaces
files to create your zone, then create an allow policy in the policy file.

Alternatively, if your list of hosts is small and fixed, and they are a
part of a (much larger) zone, it may be more practical just to throw in a
couple of allow rules in your rules file.  See the examples there and in
the documentation for details.

Paul
http://paulgear.webhop.net