On 9/14/10 3:37 PM, Mr Dash Four wrote:
> 
>> There's more to it. 'blacklist' is not a zone attribute. It is a
>> host-group attribute( See shorewall-hosts(5) ). I regret that it was
>> initially implemented that way but it was and I need to maintain
>> compatibility.
>>   
> OK, I applied the patch, checked and had eth0_out with 'blackout' as the 
> first ref. entry and in it I had the blacklisted ipsets as expected. Did 
> a dry run and tried to connect to a blacklisted address and it worked. 
> Now for the confusing bits:
> 
> eth0 in 'interfaces' has 'blacklist' option set (NO numbers). So, 
> according to shorewall-interfaces I wouldn't be allowed to use 
> blacklisted features on packets originating from that interface, but as 
> you can read above - it works.
> 
> The whole thing is VERY confusing - I should have at least some sort of 
> 'fool-proof' system in place, which should prevent me from using daft 
> combinations like selecting blacklist=1 and then using the "to" option 
> in the blacklist file and vice versa.

That's not daft. It is very reasonable.

Please read the man page again. And also please note that during Betas
(especially), the latest documentation is always available at
http://ipv6.shorewall.net/Documentation.html (has an A record as well as
AAAA).

-Tom
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