>Yes -- assuming that Shorewall is started after the other firewall. But
>you should always disable your distribution's default firewall when
>installing Shorewall.

Thanks for the confirmation.

>You can answer that question yourself -- look at your init script
>configuration. But normally, Shorewall starts after networking but
>before any Internet-accessible services.

My init scripts for run level 3 for example look like this:
Could it not be renamed as S09 for example? I am not sure if it depends on 
anything before its current place. Can you point me to a source of 
documentation where I might devise what Shorewall depends on so I can make this 
decision?

K02dhcdbd                    K89rdisc            S19rpcgssd
K02NetworkManager            K90bluetooth        S22messagebus
K02NetworkManagerDispatcher  K99readahead_later  S25netfs
K02oddjobd                   S00microcode_ctl    S25shorewall
K05conman                    S02lvm2-monitor     S26hidd
K05saslauthd                 S04readahead_early  S28autofs
K10psacct                    S05kudzu            S44acpid
K20nfs                       S06cpuspeed         S55sshd
K24irda                      S08ip6tables        S56cups
K50netconsole                S08iptables         S80sendmail
K69rpcsvcgssd                S10network          S85gpm
K73ypbind                    S11auditd           S90crond
K74nscd                      S12restorecond      S95anacron
K85mdmpd                     S12syslog           S95atd
K87multipathd                S13irqbalance       S97yum-updatesd
K88pcscd                     S13mcstrans         S98haldaemon
K88wpa_supplicant            S13portmap          S99firstboot
K89dund                      S14nfslock          S99local
K89netplugd                  S15mdmonitor        S99smartd
K89pand                      S18rpcidmapd

Thanks for all the help!
jlc

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