Hi Shorewall Geek !!

This really flashed in my mind after reading your post!

I couldn't believe the simplicity of it.

Thanks  a  million !

and I think it's about time to say ....

Merry Christmas
to you,
to Tom
and to all shorewall users.
Harry.
>
>   
>> In short the setup that it sugests is this
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> Shorewall.conf
>>
>> BRIDGING=Yes
>>     
>
> That won't work with your 2.6.25 kernel -- this is pointed out in large
> bold font on the Shorewall home page:
> http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_index.htm#Notice1
>
>   
>> -------------------------------------
>> Zones
>> vpn     ipv4
>> --------------------------------------
>> Interfaces
>> #ZONE      INTERFACE        BROADCAST     OPTIONS
>> -        br0
>>     
>
> I personally would just use a simple bridge
> (http://www.shorewall.net/SimpleBridge.html) and make your VPN clients
> part of the 'loc' zone.
>
> #ZONE        INTERFACE         BROADCAST     OPTIONS
> loc        br0               ...
>
> And remove whatever entry you currently have for loc.
>
>   
>> -------------------------------------
>> hosts
>> #ZONE           HOST(S)                         OPTIONS
>> loc     br0:eth3
>> vpn     br0:tap0
>>     
>
> You don't need anything in the hosts file.
>
>   
>> -----------------------------------------
>> tunnels
>> # TYPE                  ZONE    GATEWAY         GATEWAY
>> #                                               ZONE
>> openvpn        net     0.0.0.0/0       vpn
>>     
>
> I would make that 'openvpnserver' and get rid of the 'vpn' at the end
> (GATEWAY ZONE only applies to IPSEC tunnels).
>
>   
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> and finally policy
>>
>> #SOURCE        DEST          POLICY          LOG LEVEL
>> loc            vpn           ACCEPT
>> vpn            loc           ACCEPT
>>     
>
> And you don't need any policies since the VPN clients are already in the
> loc zone.
>
>   
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> So far so good this seemed clear
>>
>> In my case though with 2 ISPs
>>
>> I miss how to fill the providers file  the copy field
>>     
>
> Replace your current local interface with 'br0'.
>
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