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Re: Firewall/init scripts problem



On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 16:06, ronin2@bellatlantic.net wrote:
> On 16 Mar 2003 15:05:07 +0100
> Aaron Isotton <aaron@isotton.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > My problem is:  where should $STORAGE_FILE go?
> 
> I vote for a directory called /etc/iptables.

No, that's a bad idea.  Only configuration files should go into /etc;
variable data should go into /var.


> > - I'd like to bring up the firewall before the network interfaces;
> > these are brought up in /etc/rcS.d/S39ifupdown; thus it should start
> > before that.
> 
> If your firewall rules are include references to network interfaces, can
> you start the firewall before the interfaces exist?

AFAIK, yes.

Aaron Isotton                                 [ http://www.isotton.com ]
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