> Zander, > > I use a homebrew iptables based firewall script on all my RH 7.2, 7.3 > and 8.0 machines which is based on Oskar's tutorial and good work > as its much more flexible than the built-in systems... > > I call the script "rc.firewall" and keep it in /etc/rc.d as its a bit non-standard > like rc.local and then cd to /etc/rc.d/rc3.d and hack things a little by > removing S07/08/09 ipchains/iptables stuff, and adding a symbolic > link: > > ln -s ../rc.firewall S11firewall > > so that the start up sequence ends up looking something like this: > <SNIP> cheers for the advice, I have managed to cludge it and get boot-up firewall script up and running, excellent! :o) Z