RE: Lan Tcp/ip Question

[Alexander <vulture@abac.com>]

Hi...

I never needed the ipmasq package. I've had IP Masqerading on my LAN long
before the ipmasq package even existed. All you really need is the ipfwadm
man page and (maybe) some examples.

Alex

On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Patrick Ouellette wrote:

> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 13:47:40 -0400
> From: Patrick Ouellette <pouellet@eng.utoledo.edu>
> To: Tomt <tomt@the-pentagon.com>, debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: Lan Tcp/ip Question
> Resent-Date: 20 Jul 1998 17:48:00 -0000
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> Do you have the IP-Masquerade / IP-Firewall package installed? (I forget
> the actual name.)  I had similar problems after installing the ipmasq
> tools.  Seems the install scripts set up a really strict rules set to
> protect the Linux machine from attack over the net.  The rules were so
> strict I couldn't get my windows machine (or any other) to talk to my
> Linux box via IP.  I changed the firewall rules and that fixed the problem
> for me.  You may need to experiment with the rules to get a set that works
> for you (or sacrifice the security benefits and change the default policy
> to allow - not generally a good thing).
> 
> >From what you posted the network setup look ok, and your ethernet card is 
> seeing traffic (so it is apparently configured correctly).
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Pat
> 
> 
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