Shorewall users - May 2006 - Shorewall TC only ?

Hi is it possible to use shorewall only for trafficshaping without any 
Firewall rules?




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Mark Schwarz wrote:
> Hi is it possible to use shorewall only for trafficshaping without any
> Firewall rules?
> 
If you set your default policy to allow everything, it wouldn''t be
doing
any firewalling.

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> Mark Schwarz wrote:
> 
>>Hi is it possible to use shorewall only for trafficshaping without any
>>Firewall rules?
>>
> 
> 
> If you set your default policy to allow everything, it wouldn''t be
doing
> any firewalling.
Although I would question anyone doing that -- Shorewall is a really
good firewall; it is only a mediocre traffic shaper.

-Tom

And I don''t mean to belittle Arne''s contribution --
it''s just that
Shorewall (as a firewall) has been around since early 2001; its traffic
shaping component was released last November!
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