On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 14:30, Sam Loy wrote:
> I sorry to be such a newbie, but I still cannot get my firewall up and
> running.
>
> Actually, I had it working with the enclosed script, until I generated
> /etc/sysconfig/iptables using /sbin/service iptables save.
>
I'm not sure what OS you are using but I have found that the easiest
way to configure netfilter is through the Webmin modules. Have you tried
it.
> After I tried to get things to spin up at boot time it quit
> working...not sure what I did.
>
> I erased my tracks, can still ping and set the net before loading
> iptables. Afterwords, I can't even ping the 192.168.1.1 interface on
> the same machine!
>
> Anyway, jason, antony, dick, a lot of you have been very helpful. Thank
> you so much for your continued help and patience.
>
> It is starting to make sense, but I still don't get it. I'm also in
> processing of up2dating my linux. maybe that will help.
>
> fwscript is the script I'm using (from Jason with slight mods). I run
> it after I connect ppp0 and get an ip from my isp, before running
> dhcpd. stillnowork is the output of iptables-save.
>
> Like I said, it worked until I tried to get it to start at boot time.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sam
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