On Tue Oct 29 2002 at 15:24, "jdow" wrote: > From: <steveo@syslang.net> > > =>now that i think about it, doesn't "service iptables start" > > =>automatically load ip_tables anyway? Yes, but... > > I'd be careful here. If you load iptables then that's all you get. You > > really want to explicitly load any additional other modules you might need > > for what you're doing. e.g., If you allow any ftp traffic then you > > probaly want to load ip_contrack and ip_contrack_ftp. True. > Loading specific modules you need is best done with your script in > /etc/sysconfig/iptables or the one you run out of /etc/ppp/ip-up.local > if you have a dynamic ppp type connection. There is a *much* better way to automatically have the all modules you want loaded along with ip_tables. As an example, do something like this in /etc/modules.conf... alias ipchains off alias ipfwadm off add above ip_tables iptable_filter iptable_mangle iptable_nat ip_conntrack ipt_state ipt_unclean ipt_LOG ipt_limit add above ip_conntrack ip_conntrack_ftp ip_conntrack_irc add above iptable_nat ipt_MASQUERADE ip_nat_ftp It works _really_ well... hey look ma, no hands! :-) (btw, it doesn't need to be as complicated as this example) > {^_^} Cheers Tony -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list