Bret Baptist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > > When watching the firewall boot I noticed that the nework interfaces are
> > > brought up and then shorewall is started, should this order be reversed? 
> > > Or is this a limitation of shorewall?
> >
> > yes, we have noticed that if the interface is not up then shorewall fails
> > ...
> >
> 
> When the interface is brought up initialy does it have the full IP address 
> and 
> routes?  Are there any firewalls rules in place at all?

nope ... because this might stop you from connecting to the internet ...
but you have /etc/init.d/iptables and you can configure
/etc/sysconfig/iptables if you feel paranoid about this (I did it on my
firewalls :o) ) 
 
> > > Why is samba-server a requirment for the mnf-en virtual package?  Do we
> > > *need* samba server to run the firewall?
> >
> > no, we don't really need that ... except if one enables the WINS part for
> > pptp.
> >
> 
> So this requirement will be dropped from the mnf-en virtual package than?

nope ... that package simply make sure to have anything installed:
anything you might need for the web interface setup ... 

> > > With a fresh default install of MNF2 I get these errors in my syslog,
> > > "postfix/postdrop[6094]: warning: unable to look up public/pickup: No
> > > such file or directory".
> >
> > I'll check that next week when I'll test new installs ..
> >
> 
> OK, let me know when we have a new iso to install from and I will do testing 
> for you.

cool ... you will have one at the begining of the next week ...
 
> > > When you add an ipsec tunnel in the Firewall --> Tunnels/Netmap section,
> > > it creates rules that require the source port to be 500.  On some clients
> > > this is not always the case, for example the SmartNet brand IPSEC clients
> > > do not connect with a source port of 500.  Could we remove the spt=500
> > > part of the rule?
> >
> > this comes from the shorewall internals ... simply use generic:udp:444
> > instead, for example, if you want ...
> >
> 
> I am not sure what you are trying to say here.  Would it be possible to 
> change 
> the shorewall internals in this case?  This is a pretty silly requirement 
> that doesn't take into account setting up an IPSEC tunnel with many Windows 
> clents out there.

it's not the case if you create tunnels as I said, using the generic
statement: see http://shorewall.net/Documentation.htm#Tunnels for more details
 
> I must say that with the current state of MNF2 everything appears to work 
> better than MNF ever did.

yes, I think so aswell ... many parts can still be improved but ... hey,
one also needs some patience :o)

have a nice day,
-- 
Florin                          http://www.mandrakesoft.com
                                http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~florin/

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