iptables the Debian way

[Lucas Barbuto <lucas@qk.com.au>]

Hi List,

I'm about to start writing an iptables script for my new firewall
running Debian 3.0 (up until now we've been using floppyfw... ugh).
Anyway, the first place I looked was /etc/init.d/iptables and
/etc/default/iptables and noticed that the package maintainer recommends
_not_ using it.  I'm confused, I've always found /etc/init.d/ scripts to
be a great way of stopping and starting services.

Can someone suggest where I should put my iptables script and how I
should stop and start it the Debian way?  Do I do what the package
maintainer says and "do not use it" or do I follow the other
instructions in the file and use /etc/init.d/iptables save | load
operations?  I'm not sure where to start here.

Regards,

Lucas