Re: iptables

[Brian May <bam@debian.org>]

On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 09:14:54AM +0100, Erich Schubert wrote:
> > On my computer, I have iptables configured in /etc/network/interfaces
> > using the "up" and "down" scripts.
> 
> Custom scripts?
> Probably check them first by running them manually, then check if they
> are actually run by ipup

Yes they are. As said in my E-Mail, if I manually type in "ifdown" and
"ifup".

These scripts always worked previously. I use to have ipchains, but
changed to iptabled. Everything was working fine there too.

> > I also do similar things for isdn (in /etc/isdn/device.ippp0) and PPP
> > in (/etc/ppp/ip-*.d/firewall).
> 
> I strongly recommend using the "ipmasq" package, which works with
> ipfwadm, ipchains + iptables and works really great here.
> It can also easily be customized with a run-parts like system

Thanks for the suggestion. I will have a look at that package ASAP.
-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>