Editing Shorewall (section)

== Use==
Shorewall is mainly used in network installations<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Eastep|first=Thomas M.|date=2020-09-19|title=Current Shorewall Releases|url=https://shorewall.org/index.html#Releases|access-date=2021-04-19|website=Shorewall}}</ref>  (as opposed to a [[personal firewall|personal computer firewall]]), since most of its strength lies in its ability to work with "zones",<ref name=":0" /> such as the [[Demilitarized zone (computing)|DMZ]] or a 'net' zone. Each zone would then have different rules, making it easy to have for example relaxed rules on the company [[intranet]], yet clamp down on traffic coming in from the [[Internet]].

The plain-text configuration files are usually well-commented and easy to use, though Shorewall may be more difficult for new users to handle than other firewall systems with graphical front-ends.{{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}