The new package asks What IP addresses (or address ranges) should be considered local?
I am wondering what that means. Do I enter several addresses for the _local_ machine, do I enter the addresses for the _local_ network (i.e. w/o goping over a gateway) or do I enter the local IP address net, i.e. class A, B or C network? I think it would be usful, if a few more data would be given in the dialog. Thanks. Rainer. > On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 11:46:40PM -0700, Matthew Thompson wrote: > > That's when I discovered that the network-related files in /etc/init.d had > > changed considerably. A quick question about this. I really hope this > > doesn't sound snippy, or like I'm stepping over the line, but can someone > > familiar with the new networking setup drop a quick note or maybe point me > > to a document describing the advantages? > > Details about the changes should be in /usr/doc/netbase/README.Debian, man > ifup, man interfaces, and appear during configuration of the new netbase. > For a change, there's no lack of documentation about how networking is > meant to work. > > Other things this fixes are: > * spoof protection is now easy to configure even for 2.0 kernels > * forwarding is asked about, rather than left to the admin's devices > * default setups (as made by boot-floppies) work correctly with > both 2.0 and 2.2 kernels and without ugly warnings > * portmap and inetd have obviously named init.d scripts > * networking can be easily shutdown as well as started up in most > cases > > ifup/down (and hence some of the other changes) also make DHCP and > IPv6 and other things easier to support, and more straightforward to > admin. IMHO, anyway. In a couple of weeks or a month or sometime, the > woody versions will also become a lot neater, again IMHO, in ways that > are only possible thanks to a... "simpler" networking setup. Splitting > /etc/init.d/netbase also helps with splitting up netbase, which I suspect > I'll do sooner rather than later, and will trim down the base system > a little. > > You can, of course, just ignore most of those changes if you prefer the old > way. > > Cheers, > aj > > (netbase maintainer) > > -- > Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> > I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG encrypted mail preferred. > > ``We reject: kings, presidents, and voting. > We believe in: rough consensus and working code.'' > -- Dave Clark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
