Hi Guys, I am using my linux box as an internet gateway for my laptop. My laptop is running Windows 98 (1st edn) and my linux box, which is a desktop, is running Mandrake 8.2. I skimmed over the docs on IP Masquerading and being the lazy person I am found the fewest lines out of their script that I needed to type in. On the linux box I found all I needed to type in was:
echo 1> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE You can see I am using an dial up connection to connect to the internet. The question is this. Am I leaving a really big security hole by doing things this way? Or is this good enough for a home user on a dial up connection. Regards Glenn.
