Andrew Suffield wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 01:05:55PM -0700, Tom Eastep wrote:
>> Not much chance of this changing but for Shorewall-perl 4.0.3, there will be
>> an 'isuasable' extension script. Here's an example:
>       ^^^^^^^^^
> ?

s/b 'isusable'

> 
>> # Ping a gateway through the passed interface
>> case $1 in
>>     eth0)
>>         ping -c 4 -I eth0 206.124.146.254 > /dev/null 2>&1
>>         return
>>         ;;
>>     eth1)
>>         ping -c 4 -I eth1 192.168.12.254 > /dev/null 2>&1
>>         return
>>         ;;
>>     *)
>>         return 1
>>         ;;
>> esac
> 
> That leads to the obvious question: what states might the firewall be
> in when this script is invoked? Is it necessary to pair this with
> something in routestopped? (Worth documenting if you didn't already)

The firewall can be in any state whatsoever when this script is called. So
if ADMINISABSENTMINDED=No and output is disallowed by routestopped, the
script will have to blow it's own OUTPUT holes in the firewall.

-Tom
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