Iptables the Debian way?

2004-12-07 Thread Ben Russo
I am used to using RedHat, whereby I make sure I have the iptables package installed and I can use chkconfig to see if iptables has system-V runtime setup to be on or off, and the iptables-save data goes into /etc/sysconfig/iptables for reload on reboot (or change of SysV init level). What is

Re: Iptables the Debian way?

2004-12-07 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 14:22 -0500, Ben Russo wrote: --snip-- Also, I installed Webmin and the webmin-iptables module. But when I go to the webmin interface there is no iptables module being shown (yes I restarted apache, webmin and my browser). Any hints? Not sure about the other bits as I

Re: Iptables the Debian way?

2004-12-07 Thread Keith O'Brien
For information on setting up iptables under /etc/init.d/ you can check out the file under less /etc/default/iptables. The writes own general feeling can be seen in the first q/a: # Q: You concocted this init.d setup, but you do not like it? # A: I was pretty much hounded into providing it. I

Re: Iptables the Debian way?

2004-12-07 Thread Adam Aube
Keith O'Brien wrote: For information on setting up iptables under /etc/init.d/ you can check out the file under less /etc/default/iptables. I choose to ignore all of his warnings and use it. The machine its running on is Woody. Not sure if the init.d script is provided in later versions.

Re: Iptables the Debian way?

2004-12-07 Thread Ben Russo
Ben Russo wrote: I am used to using RedHat, whereby I make sure I have the iptables package installed and I can use chkconfig to see if iptables has system-V runtime setup to be on or off, and the iptables-save data goes into /etc/sysconfig/iptables for reload on reboot (or change of SysV init

Re: Iptables the Debian way?

2004-12-07 Thread Steve Lamb
Ben Russo wrote: What is the Debian way of doing this? There are many debian ways to do it. Personally mine is: aptitude install shorewall Whole lot easier to deal with Shorewall's syntax and let it deal with iptables than to mess with iptables directly, IMHO. :D -- Steve

Re: Iptables the Debian way?

2004-12-07 Thread Joe
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ben Russo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I am used to using RedHat, whereby I make sure I have the iptables package installed and I can use chkconfig to see if iptables has system-V runtime setup to be on or off, and the iptables-save data goes into

Re: Iptables the Debian way?

2004-12-07 Thread ocl
Joe wrote on 2004-12-08 01:16: I have to admit this is one of the few mods I make to Debian. I've set up an iptables script which starts, stops, clears and checks status. Iptables is not, of course, a daemon, but start installs rules and enables ip forwarding, stop clears them and disables ip