---
name: "shorewall6-routestopped"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "shorewall6"
version: "4.6.4.3-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/shorewall6-routestopped"
---

# shorewall6-routestopped(5)

The Shorewall6 file that governs what traffic flows through the firewall while it is in 'stopped' state.

## NAME

routestopped - The Shorewall6 file that governs what traffic flows through the firewall while it is in 'stopped' state.

## SYNOPSIS

**/etc/shorewall6/routestopped**

## DESCRIPTION

This file is deprecated in favor of the **shorewall6-stoppedrules**\[1\](5) file.

This file is used to define the hosts that are accessible when the firewall is stopped or is being stopped. When shorewall6-shell is being used, the file also determines those hosts that are accessible when the firewall is in the process of being \[re\]started.

The columns in the file are as follows (where the column name is followed by a different name in parentheses, the different name is used in the alternate specification syntax).

**INTERFACE** - *interface*

Interface through which host(s) communicate with the firewall

**HOST(S)** - \[**-**\|*address*\[,*address*\]...\]

Optional comma-separated list of IP/subnet addresses. If your kernel and ip6tables include iprange match support, IP address ranges are also allowed.

If left empty or supplied as "-", 0.0.0.0/0 is assumed.

**OPTIONS** - \[**-**\|*option*\[**,***option*\]...\]

An optional comma-separated list of options. The order of the options is not important but the list can contain no embedded white-space. The currently-supported options are:

**routeback**

Set up a rule to ACCEPT traffic from these hosts back to themselves. Beginning with Shorewall 4.4.9, this option is automatically set if **routeback** is specified in **shorewall6-interfaces**\[2\] (5) or if the rules compiler detects that the interface is a bridge.

**source**

Allow traffic from these hosts to ANY destination. Without this option or the **dest** option, only traffic from this host to other listed hosts (and the firewall) is allowed. If **source** is specified then **routeback** is redundant.

**dest**

Allow traffic to these hosts from ANY source. Without this option or the **source** option, only traffic from this host to other listed hosts (and the firewall) is allowed. If **dest** is specified then **routeback** is redundant.

**notrack**

The traffic will be exempted from connection tracking.

**Note**\

The **source** and **dest** options work best when used in conjunction with ADMINISABSENTMINDED=Yes in **shorewall6.conf**\[3\](5).

## EXAMPLE

Example 1:

```
        #INTERFACE      HOST(S)                 OPTIONS
        eth2            2002:ce7c:92b4::/64
        eth0            2002:ce7c:92b4:1::/64
        br0             -                       routeback
        eth3            -                       source
```

## FILES

/etc/shorewall6/routestopped

## SEE ALSO

**http://www.shorewall.net/starting\_and\_stopping\_shorewall.htm**\[4\]

**http://www.shorewall.net/configuration\_file\_basics.htm#Pairs**\[5\]

[shorewall6(8)](/shorewall6/8.md), [shorewall6-accounting(5)](/shorewall6-accounting/5.md), [shorewall6-actions(5)](/shorewall6-actions/5.md), [shorewall6-blacklist(5)](/shorewall6-blacklist/5.md), [shorewall6-hosts(5)](/shorewall6-hosts/5.md), [shorewall6-interfaces(5)](/shorewall6-interfaces/5.md), [shorewall6-maclist(5)](/shorewall6-maclist/5.md), [shorewall6-netmap(5)](/shorewall6-netmap/5.md),[shorewall6-params(5)](/shorewall6-params/5.md), [shorewall6-policy(5)](/shorewall6-policy/5.md), [shorewall6-providers(5)](/shorewall6-providers/5.md), [shorewall6-rtrules(5)](/shorewall6-rtrules/5.md), [shorewall6-rules(5)](/shorewall6-rules/5.md), [shorewall6.conf(5)](/shorewall6.conf/5.md), [shorewall6-secmarks(5)](/shorewall6-secmarks/5.md), [shorewall6-tcclasses(5)](/shorewall6-tcclasses/5.md), [shorewall6-tcdevices(5)](/shorewall6-tcdevices/5.md), [shorewall6-mangle(5)](/shorewall6-mangle/5.md), [shorewall6-tos(5)](/shorewall6-tos/5.md), [shorewall6-tunnels(5)](/shorewall6-tunnels/5.md), [shorewall6-zones(5)](/shorewall6-zones/5.md)

## NOTES

- 1\.

  shorewall6-stoppedrules

  http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-stoppedrules.html

- 2\.

  shorewall6-interfaces

  http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-interfaces.html

- 3\.

  shorewall6.conf

  http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6.conf.html

- 4\.

  http://www.shorewall.net/starting\_and\_stopping\_shorewall.htm

  http://www.shorewall.net/starting\_and\_stopping\_shorewall.htm

- 5\.

  http://www.shorewall.net/configuration\_file\_basics.htm#Pairs

  http://www.shorewall.net/configuration\_file\_basics.htm#Pairs