I need additional documentation on netbase 3.xx. Specifically, what the following files are for, and how they are used: /etc/network/options /etc/network/spoof-protect
and also, how ip masquerading (ipchains) is relates to this new system. (I refer to the use of /etc/init.d/network as the "old system"). In particular, I would like the know the new order of operations of the network setup procedure...what happens first...what happens next...up until, say, a system with 2 ethernet cards, acting as a gateway, would be initialized. Currently under the "old system" /etc/init.d/network is executed, which I follow by a custom /etc/init.d/ipforwarding script... The new system seems to hint at a more integrated approach. I have been unable to find anything of detail, and the manpage for interfaces(5) discusses little beyond the very basics of /etc/network/interfaces. Any information on this, or hints as to where I can find it, would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.
