On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, James Marcinek wrote: > I'm a newbie at setting up a linux firewall router and > I'm running into some issues. I have a couple of books > that I got just to help me out in the Linux world; > however they don't seem to cover the topic's > adequately.If anybody can help me out I'd appreciate > it.
A place where I can see what others have tried/done... http://www.linuxguruz.org/iptables/ Oskar Andreasson script for your situation is available... http://www.linuxguruz.org/iptables/scripts/rc.DHCP.firewall.txt > > I have installed RH 7.2 using the custom setting and > selected Router/Firewall role. I also disabled > IPCHAINS and made sure that IPTABLES is running in all > of the init levels. > > One of the major problems I'm running into is that my > outbound NIC eth1 is using dhcp from the internet > provider and I don't have static settings and cannot > determine my default gateway on this card. I'm not > sure how to configure my > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 file > ??? I have not done this, If you are a dhcp client the default gateway will be set automatically. I think ifcfg-eth1 should be boot=dhcp > Do I have to use the route command to set up routes or > do I use IPTABLES to accomplish this? > Check the scripts and tailor for your situation... > Basically what I want to accomplish is to use NAT > internally (I set up a 192.168.2.0 network > internally)and IP masquarading. I'm not currently > using a DNS server internally (I plan to use one as a > forwarder), so I have to use the ISP's. > > I plan to set up a web server and would allow incoming > port 80 traffic to be directed to this server. > > I also would like to allow all traffic going from my > internal LAN to go out. > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've > been looking forward to setting up rules and getting > familiar with this but I'm not at that point yet. > > Thanks! > > James > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > -- Tony Zafiropoulos FixMyVirus.com Cel: 314-504-3974 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best way to reduce your virus exposure? Run Linux - Replace Windows one system at a time.
