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Shorewall

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Shorewall

Summary

Shorewall is a free software[1]. Shorewall ranks in the top 9% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shorewall's instance of is recorded as free software[3].
  • Shorewall's instance of is recorded as firewall[4].
  • Shorewall's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License[5].
  • Shorewall's programmed in is recorded as Q42478[6].
  • Shorewall's operating system is recorded as GNU[7].
  • Shorewall's operating system is recorded as Linux[8].
  • Shorewall's software version identifier is recorded as 5.2.1.4[9].
  • Shorewall's software version identifier is recorded as 5.2.8[10].
  • Shorewall's official website is recorded as https://shorewall.org/[11].
  • Shorewall's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[12].

Why It Matters

Shorewall ranks in the top 9% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[2] Shorewall has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Related Entities

firewall free software GNU Linux

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . shorewall.net. shorewall.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . shorewall.org. Retrieved . shorewall.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Shorewall. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/shorewall
MLA “Shorewall.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/shorewall.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shorewall_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Shorewall}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shorewall}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 3d ago · Alex rosenberg35 · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    License → —
    Copyright license → GNU General Public License
    Freebase id → /m/03_gk_
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|3 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q80998]]"
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