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Re: iptables service with debian



On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:06:37 +0500
Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sirtcp@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the clearing my concept.
> however i read some of the part via google that there is a file
> /etc/network/iptables in Debian from where all the startup scripts run
> for FW . may be i didnt got the correct idea out of it. as i am new
> and still learning.
> so i thought that rc.local is not an appropriate route to choose.
> 

That's a recommended default location if you use just the iptables-save
and -restore commands, but it isn't created on installation. A
newly-installed Debian system has no iptables infrastructure.

But the save and restore commands only give you the iptables rules, and
you may want to do other network-related things when the 'service' is
started, such as loading conntrack modules for unusual protocols.

-- 
Joe


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