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diff --git a/docs/firewall.rst b/docs/firewall.rst
index 9426b87d..12eae726 100644
--- a/docs/firewall.rst
+++ b/docs/firewall.rst
@@ -3,53 +3,63 @@
Firewall
========
-VyOS makes use of Linux `netfilter <https://netfilter.org/>`_ for packet filtering.
-
-The firewall supports the creation of groups for ports, addresses, and networks
-(implemented using netfilter ipset) and the option of interface or zone based
-firewall policy.
-
-**Important note on usage of terms:** The firewall makes use of the terms
-`in`, `out`, and `local` for firewall policy. Users experienced with netfilter
-often confuse `in` to be a reference to the `INPUT` chain, and `out` the
-`OUTPUT` chain from netfilter. This is not the case. These instead indicate the
-use of the `FORWARD` chain and either the input or output interface. The
-`INPUT` chain, which is used for local traffic to the OS, is a reference to
-as `local` with respect to its input interface.
+VyOS makes use of Linux `netfilter <https://netfilter.org/>`_ for packet
+filtering.
+
+The firewall supports the creation of groups for ports, addresses, and
+networks (implemented using netfilter ipset) and the option of interface
+or zone based firewall policy.
+
+.. note:: **Important note on usage of terms:**
+ The firewall makes use of the terms `in`, `out`, and `local`
+ for firewall policy. Users experienced with netfilter often confuse
+ `in` to be a reference to the `INPUT` chain, and `out` the `OUTPUT`
+ chain from netfilter. This is not the case. These instead indicate
+ the use of the `FORWARD` chain and either the input or output
+ interface. The `INPUT` chain, which is used for local traffic to the
+ OS, is a reference to as `local` with respect to its input interface.
Zone-based Firewall Policy
--------------------------
-As an alternative to applying policy to an interface directly, a zone-based
-firewall can be created to simplify configuration when multiple interfaces
-belong to the same security zone. Instead of applying to rulesets to interfaces
-they are applied to source zone-destination zone pairs.
+As an alternative to applying policy to an interface directly, a
+zone-based firewall can be created to simplify configuration when
+multiple interfaces belong to the same security zone. Instead of
+applying to rulesets to interfaces they are applied to source
+zone-destination zone pairs.
-An example to zone-based firewalls can be found here: :ref:`examples-zone-policy`.
+An introduction to zone-based firewalls can be found `here
+<https://support.vyos.io/en/kb/articles/a-primer-to-zone-based-firewall>`_,
+and an example at :ref:`examples-zone-policy`.
Groups
------
-Firewall groups represent collections of IP addresses, networks, or ports. Once
-created, a group can be referenced by firewall rules as either a source or
-destination. Members can be added or removed from a group without changes to
-or the need to reload individual firewall rules.
+Firewall groups represent collections of IP addresses, networks, or
+ports. Once created, a group can be referenced by firewall rules as
+either a source or destination. Members can be added or removed from a
+group without changes to or the need to reload individual firewall
+rules.
.. note:: Groups can also be referenced by NAT configuration.
-While **network groups** accept IP networks in CIDR notation, specific IP addresses
-can be added as a 32-bit prefix. If you foresee the need to add a mix of
-addresses and networks, the network group is recommended.
+While **network groups** accept IP networks in CIDR notation, specific
+IP addresses can be added as a 32-bit prefix. If you foresee the need
+to add a mix of addresses and networks, the network group is
+recommended.
-Here is an example of a network group for the IP networks that make up the
-internal network:
+Here is an example of a network group for the IP networks that make up
+the internal network:
.. code-block:: none
set firewall group network-group NET-INSIDE network 192.168.0.0/24
set firewall group network-group NET-INSIDE network 192.168.1.0/24
-Groups need to have unique names. Even though some contain IPv4 addresses and others contain IPv6 addresses, they still need to have unique names, so you may want to append "-v4" or "-v6" to your group names.
+Groups need to have unique names. Even though some contain IPv4
+addresses and others contain IPv6 addresses, they still need to have
+unique names, so you may want to append "-v4" or "-v6" to your group
+names.
.. code-block:: none
@@ -57,10 +67,11 @@ Groups need to have unique names. Even though some contain IPv4 addresses and ot
set firewall group ipv6-network-group NET-INSIDE-v6 network 2001:db8::/64
-A **port group** represents only port numbers, not the protocol. Port groups can
-be referenced for either TCP or UDP. It is recommended that TCP and UDP groups
-are created separately to avoid accidentally filtering unnecessary ports.
-Ranges of ports can be specified by using `-`.
+A **port group** represents only port numbers, not the protocol. Port
+groups can be referenced for either TCP or UDP. It is recommended that
+TCP and UDP groups are created separately to avoid accidentally
+filtering unnecessary ports. Ranges of ports can be specified by using
+`-`.
Here is an example of a port group a server:
@@ -73,9 +84,10 @@ Here is an example of a port group a server:
Rule-Sets
---------
-A rule-set is a named collection of firewall rules that can be applied to an
-interface or zone. Each rule is numbered, has an action to apply if the rule
-is matched, and the ability to specify the criteria to match.
+A rule-set is a named collection of firewall rules that can be applied
+to an interface or zone. Each rule is numbered, has an action to apply
+if the rule is matched, and the ability to specify the criteria to
+match.
Example of a rule-set to filter traffic to the internal network:
@@ -93,8 +105,8 @@ Applying a Rule-Set to an Interface
Once a rule-set is created, it can be applied to an interface.
-.. note:: Only one rule-set can be applied to each interface for `in`, `out`,
- or `local` traffic for each protocol (IPv4 and IPv6).
+.. note:: Only one rule-set can be applied to each interface for `in`,
+ `out`, or `local` traffic for each protocol (IPv4 and IPv6).
.. code-block:: none
@@ -113,23 +125,34 @@ first be created):
How VyOS replies when being pinged
----------------------------------
-By default, when VyOS receives an ICMP echo request packet destined for itself, it will answer with an ICMP echo reply, unless you avoid it through its firewall.
+By default, when VyOS receives an ICMP echo request packet destined for
+itself, it will answer with an ICMP echo reply, unless you avoid it
+through its firewall.
-With the firewall you can set rules to accept, drop or reject ICMP in, out or local traffic. You can also use the general **firewall all-ping** command. This command affects only to LOCAL (packets destined for your VyOS system), not to IN or OUT traffic.
+With the firewall you can set rules to accept, drop or reject ICMP in,
+out or local traffic. You can also use the general **firewall all-ping**
+command. This command affects only to LOCAL (packets destined for your
+VyOS system), not to IN or OUT traffic.
-.. note:: **firewall all-ping** affects only to LOCAL and it always behaves in the most restrictive way
+.. note:: **firewall all-ping** affects only to LOCAL and it always
+ behaves in the most restrictive way
.. code-block:: none
set firewall all-ping enable
-When the command above is set, VyOS will answer every ICMP echo request addressed to itself, but that will only happen if no other rule is applied dropping or rejecting local echo requests. In case of conflict, VyOS will not answer ICMP echo requests.
+When the command above is set, VyOS will answer every ICMP echo request
+addressed to itself, but that will only happen if no other rule is
+applied dropping or rejecting local echo requests. In case of conflict,
+VyOS will not answer ICMP echo requests.
.. code-block:: none
set firewall all-ping disable
-When the command above is set, VyOS will answer no ICMP echo request addressed to itself at all, no matter where it comes from or whether more specific rules are being applied to accept them.
+When the command above is set, VyOS will answer no ICMP echo request
+addressed to itself at all, no matter where it comes from or whether
+more specific rules are being applied to accept them.
Example Partial Config
----------------------
diff --git a/docs/routing/pbr.rst b/docs/routing/pbr.rst
index 5d2678ff..797f79e3 100644
--- a/docs/routing/pbr.rst
+++ b/docs/routing/pbr.rst
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@
PBR
---
-:abbr:`PBR (Policy-Based Routing)` allowing traffic to be assigned to different
-routing tables. Traffic can be matched using standard 5-tuple matching (source
-address, destination address, protocol, source port, destination port).
+:abbr:`PBR (Policy-Based Routing)` allowing traffic to be assigned to
+different routing tables. Traffic can be matched using standard 5-tuple
+matching (source address, destination address, protocol, source port,
+destination port).
Transparent Proxy
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-The following example will show how VyOS can be used to redirect web traffic to
-an external transparent proxy:
+The following example will show how VyOS can be used to redirect web
+traffic to an external transparent proxy:
.. code-block:: none
@@ -21,9 +22,9 @@ an external transparent proxy:
set policy route FILTER-WEB rule 1000 protocol tcp
set policy route FILTER-WEB rule 1000 set table 100
-This creates a route policy called FILTER-WEB with one rule to set the routing
-table for matching traffic (TCP port 80) to table ID 100 instead of the
-default routing table.
+This creates a route policy called FILTER-WEB with one rule to set the
+routing table for matching traffic (TCP port 80) to table ID 100
+instead of the default routing table.
To create routing table 100 and add a new default gateway to be used by
traffic matching our route policy:
@@ -32,10 +33,11 @@ traffic matching our route policy:
set protocols static table 100 route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop 10.255.0.2
-This can be confirmed using the show ip route table 100 operational command.
+This can be confirmed using the ``show ip route table 100`` operational
+command.
-Finally, to apply the policy route to ingress traffic on our LAN interface,
-we use:
+Finally, to apply the policy route to ingress traffic on our LAN
+interface, we use:
.. code-block:: none
@@ -45,15 +47,15 @@ we use:
Multiple Uplinks
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-VyOS Policy-Based Routing (PBR) works by matching source IP address ranges and
-forwarding the traffic using different routing tables.
+VyOS Policy-Based Routing (PBR) works by matching source IP address
+ranges and forwarding the traffic using different routing tables.
Routing tables that will be used in this example are:
* ``table 10`` Routing table used for VLAN 10 (192.168.188.0/24)
* ``table 11`` Routing table used for VLAN 11 (192.168.189.0/24)
-* ``main`` Routing table used by VyOS and other interfaces not participating in
- PBR
+* ``main`` Routing table used by VyOS and other interfaces not
+ participating in PBR
.. figure:: ../_static/images/pbr_example_1.png
:scale: 80 %
@@ -89,7 +91,8 @@ Apply routing policy to **inbound** direction of out VLAN interfaces
set interfaces ethernet eth0 vif 11 policy route 'PBR'
-**OPTIONAL:** Exclude Inter-VLAN traffic (between VLAN10 and VLAN11) from PBR
+**OPTIONAL:** Exclude Inter-VLAN traffic (between VLAN10 and VLAN11)
+from PBR
.. code-block:: none
@@ -98,5 +101,5 @@ Apply routing policy to **inbound** direction of out VLAN interfaces
set policy route PBR rule 10 destination address '192.168.189.0/24'
set policy route PBR rule 10 set table 'main'
-.. note:: Allows the VLAN10 and VLAN20 hosts to communicate with each other
- using the main routing table.
+These commands allow the VLAN10 and VLAN20 hosts to communicate with
+each other using the main routing table.