I'm a complete noob so I am certainly wrong. I posted a question a few days ago about IPQ (that no one bothered to answer :-( ). Isn't ipq what Sören is trying to come to? here is a link to what can be done friom perl: http://michael.toren.net/slides/ipqueue/ Am I getting all wrong? Cheersn, Nadim. On Friday 06 August 2004 21:33, Samuel Jean wrote: > > Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 22:39:51 +0200 > > From: Sören Lorenz <soeren.lorenz@xxxxxx> > > > > I'd like to start Squid when packets arrive on port 3128 on my router. > > That's not netfilter/iptables job. inetd better suits to your needs. > I don't know much about Squid, but I guess it supports inetd. > > > When the router disconnects from my ISP, Squid is shutdown again. > > If that isn't a question, goto CONTINUE > > As you seem to be using PPP connection, I'd consider using > /etc/ppp/ip-down bash script which is launched after successfull > disconnection process. > > :CONTINUE > : > > Ideally the packets would be kept on hold until Squid is running and > > then delivered to the daemon. Another question is to shutdown squid > > after a certain time of inactivity on port 3128. Is there a way to > > achive this with ipfilter? > > Again, not iptables/netfilter. Inetd can. > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Regards, > > > > Sören Lorenz > > Hope this helps.
