Booting up and security

["Patrick Kirk" <patrick@kirks.net>]

Hi all,

Having made the move to potato and 2.2.13, my server is now a source of joy.
One small question...to get things to start I've been adding then to
/etc/init.d/network along the lines of...

echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
ipchains -P forward DENY
ipchains -A forward -s 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0 -j MASQ
ifconfig eth1 10.0.0.25 netmask 255.255.255.9 broadcast 10.0.0.255
route add -net 10.0.0.0 dev eth1
fetchmail -d 300

Is there a better way to start a second NIC, IP masquarading and fetchmail.

Does this look like a secure setup?

Many thanks,

Patrick

Wise Chinese Proverb:  "If tired of computer winning at chess, try it at
kick-boxing instead"