On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 01:10:04PM -0700, Tom Eastep wrote:
> 
> iptables is iptables; ip6tables is ip6tables. The rulesets created using
> these two utilities are totally independent. So there is no reason to
> have a single product that produces both configuration.
> 
I was not aware of the separation.

> Furthermore, the differences between the two protocols and the
> differences in capabilities of iptables and ip6tables means that a
> single compiler would be riddled with separate IPv4/IPv6 logic (as would
> the documentation).
> 
> Nevertheless, I've experimented over the last couple of weeks with
> hacking up the Shorewall-perl compiler so that it could produce both
> configurations in a single compilation. From these experiments, I've
> determined that I really don't want to try to do that.
> 
Makes sense.

> So my plan at the moment is to add two new packages: Shorewall6 and
> Shorewall6-lite. Both will have their own command-line tool (shorewall6
> and shorewall6-lite).
> 
> It is unlikely that Shorewall6 will ever support traffic shaping or
> multi-ISP. I'm reluctant to repeat either of those mistakes.
> 
I see.

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sánchez
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