Hello: Toda my linux box would act as the internet gateway to the lan. In the process, I found out mandrake also installed iptables. I now understand a firewall must be installed for masquerading, don't know why, but it has to. Now, I have been trying to figure out how to use iptables and I am truly confused. What in the world is a chain? I read the man file and the how-to, but either I am being a bit dense, or the subject matter is difficult. I have used firewalls in windows, specifically, conseal, but I am in need of help.
I found a script called iptables in my etc/init.d directory. Is this script suppose to be moved to the etc/sysconfig directory? I have read from this list, about a program called bastille. Would bastille be an easier program to use and would I have to remove iptables before installing bastille? If so, how do you go about removing iptables without affecting your masquerade? In a way iptables seems to be what I am looking for, which is a firewall executed from the terminal mode, but I would also like to have the ability of "seeing" who/what is probing my system. Does iptables has this ability? Thanks in advance. Regards, Dexter
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