Provided by: shorewall6_4.5.21.6-1_all 
NAME
providers - Shorewall6 Providers file
SYNOPSIS
/etc/shorewall6/providers
DESCRIPTION
This file is used to define additional routing tables. You will want to define an
additional table if:
· You have connections to more than one ISP or multiple connections to the same ISP
· You run Squid as a transparent proxy on a host other than the firewall.
· You have other requirements for policy routing.
Each entry in the file defines a single routing table.
If you wish to omit a column entry but want to include an entry in the next column, use
"-" for the omitted entry.
The columns in the file are as follows.
NAME - name
The provider name. Must be a valid shell variable name. The names 'local', 'main',
'default' and 'unspec' are reserved and may not be used as provider names.
NUMBER - number
The provider number -- a number between 1 and 15. Each provider must be assigned a
unique value.
MARK (Optional) - value
A FWMARK value used in your shorewall6-tcrules(5)[1] file to direct packets to this
provider.
If HIGH_ROUTE_MARKS=Yes in shorewall6.conf(5)[2], then the value must be a multiple of
256 between 256 and 65280 or their hexadecimal equivalents (0x0100 and 0xff00 with the
low-order byte of the value being zero). Otherwise, the value must be between 1 and
255. Each provider must be assigned a unique mark value. This column may be omitted if
you don't use packet marking to direct connections to a particular provider.
DUPLICATE - routing-table-name
The name of an existing table to duplicate to create this routing table. May be main
or the name of a previously listed provider. You may select only certain entries from
the table to copy by using the COPY column below.
INTERFACE - interface
The name of the network interface to the provider. Must be listed in
shorewall6-interfaces(5)[3].
GATEWAY - {-|address|detect}
The IP address of the provider's gateway router.
You can enter "detect" here and Shorewall6 will attempt to detect the gateway
automatically.
For PPP devices, you may omit this column.
OPTIONS (Optional) - [-|option[,option]...]
A comma-separated list selected from the following. The order of the options is not
significant but the list may contain no embedded white-space.
autosrc
Added in Shorewall 4.5.17. Causes a host route to the provider's gateway router to
be added to the provider's routing table. This is the default behavior unless
overridden by a following noautosrc option.
balance
Added in Shorewall 4.4.25. Causes a default route to this provider's gateway to be
added to the main routing table (USE_DEFAULT_RT=No) or to the balance routing
table (USE_DEFAULT_RT=Yes). At most one provider can specify this option.
fallback
Added in Shorewall 4.4.25. Causes a default route to this provider's gateway to be
added to the default routing table.At most one provider can specify this option.
track
If specified, inbound connections on this interface are to be tracked so that
responses may be routed back out this same interface.
You want to specify track if internet hosts will be connecting to local servers
through this provider.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.4.3, track defaults to the setting of the
TRACK_PROVIDERS option in shorewall6.conf[4] (5). If you set TRACK_PROVIDERS=Yes
and want to override that setting for an individual provider, then specify notrack
(see below).
loose
Shorewall6 normally adds a routing rule for each IP address on an interface which
forces traffic whose source is that IP address to be sent using the routing table
for that interface. Setting loose prevents creation of such rules on this
interface.
noautosrc
Added in Shorewall 4.5.17. Prevents the addition of a host route to the provider's
gateway router from being added to the provider's routing table. This option must
be used with caution as it can cause start and restart failures.
notrack
Added in Shorewall 4.4.3. When specified, turns off track.
optional (deprecated for use with providers that do not share an interface)
If the interface named in the INTERFACE column is not up and configured with an
IPv4 address then ignore this provider. If not specified, the value of the
optional option for the INTERFACE in shorewall6-interfaces(5)[3] is assumed. Use
of that option is preferred to this one, unless an address is provider in the
INTERFACE column.
src=source-address
Specifies the source address to use when routing to this provider and none is
known (the local client has bound to the 0 address). May not be specified when an
address is given in the INTERFACE column. If this option is not used, Shorewall6
substitutes the primary IP address on the interface named in the INTERFACE column.
mtu=number
Specifies the MTU when forwarding through this provider. If not given, the MTU of
the interface named in the INTERFACE column is assumed.
tproxy
Added in Shorewall 4.5.4. Used for supporting the TPROXY action in
shorewall-tcrules(5). See http://www.shorewall.net/Shorewall_Squid_Usage.html.
When specified, the MARK, DUPLICATE and GATEWAY columns should be empty, INTERFACE
should be set to 'lo' and tproxy should be the only OPTION. Only one tproxy
provider is allowed.
hostroute
Added in Shorewall 4.5.21. This is the default behavior that results in a host
route to the defined GATEWAY being inserted into the main routing table and into
the provider's routing table. hostroute is required for older distributions but
nohostroute (below) is appropriate for recent distributions. hostroute may
interfere with Zebra's ability to add routes on some distributions such as Debian
7.
nohostroute
Added in Shorewall 4.5.21. nohostroute inhibits addition of a host route to the
defined GATEWAY being inserted into the main routing table and into the provider's
routing table. nohostroute is not appropriate for older distributions but is
appropriate for recent distributions. nohostroute allows Zebra's to correctly add
routes on some distributions such as Debian 7.
COPY - [{none|interface[,interface]...}]
A comma-separated list of other interfaces on your firewall. Wildcards specified using
an asterisk ("*") are permitted (e.g., tun* ). Usually used only when DUPLICATE is
main. Only copy routes through INTERFACE and through interfaces listed here. If you
only wish to copy routes through INTERFACE, enter none in this column.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.17, blackhole, unreachable and prohibit routes are no
longer copied by default but may be copied by including blackhole,unreachable and
prohibit respectively in the COPY list.
EXAMPLES
Example 1:
You run squid in your DMZ on IP address 2002:ce7c:92b4:1::2. Your DMZ interface is
eth2
#NAME NUMBER MARK DUPLICATE INTERFACE GATEWAY OPTIONS
Squid 1 1 - eth2 2002:ce7c:92b4:1::2 -
Example 2:
eth0 connects to ISP 1. The ISP's gateway router has IP address 2001:ce7c:92b4:1::2.
eth1 connects to ISP 2. The ISP's gateway router has IP address 2001:d64c:83c9:12::8b.
eth2 connects to a local network.
#NAME NUMBER MARK DUPLICATE INTERFACE GATEWAY OPTIONS COPY
ISP1 1 1 main eth0 2001:ce7c:92b4:1::2 track eth2
ISP2 2 2 main eth1 2001:d64c:83c9:12::8b track eth2
FILES
/etc/shorewall6/providers
SEE ALSO
http://shorewall.net/MultiISP.html
http://shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#Pairs
shorewall6(8), shorewall6-accounting(5), shorewall6-actions(5), shorewall6-blacklist(5),
shorewall6-hosts(5), shorewall6-interfaces(5), shorewall6-maclist(5),
shorewall6-netmap(5),shorewall6-params(5), shorewall6-policy(5), shorewall6-rtrules(5),
shorewall6-routestopped(5), shorewall6-rules(5), shorewall6.conf(5),
shorewall6-secmarks(5), shorewall6-tcclasses(5), shorewall6-tcdevices(5),
shorewall6-tcrules(5), shorewall6-tos(5), shorewall6-tunnels(5), shorewall6-zones(5)
NOTES
1. shorewall6-tcrules(5)
http://www.shorewall.netshorewall6-tcrules.html
2. shorewall6.conf(5)
http://www.shorewall.netshorewall6.conf.html
3. shorewall6-interfaces(5)
http://www.shorewall.netshorewall6-interfaces.html
4. shorewall6.conf
http://www.shorewall.netshorwewall6.conf.html
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