Re: [blfs-support] rc.iptables or sysctl.conf

2013-11-07 Thread Richard Melville
> > Richard Melville wrote: > > Looking through the *setting up a network firewall* page I wondered what > > the thinking was behind switching the kernel parameters via an > rc.iptables > > file rather than the perhaps more conventional sysctl.conf file. > > It's more straight forward and it stands

Re: [blfs-support] rc.iptables or sysctl.conf

2013-11-06 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Richard Melville wrote: > Looking through the *setting up a network firewall* page I wondered what > the thinking was behind switching the kernel parameters via an rc.iptables > file rather than the perhaps more conventional sysctl.conf file. It's more straight forward and it stands alone. Of cou

[blfs-support] rc.iptables or sysctl.conf

2013-11-06 Thread Richard Melville
Looking through the *setting up a network firewall* page I wondered what the thinking was behind switching the kernel parameters via an rc.iptables file rather than the perhaps more conventional sysctl.conf file. Richard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www