On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:31:31 +1200 Hamish McBrearty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there > > I've got a couple of simple questions regarding IPCop 1.3. > > 1. What does "external service access" do? From what I read online you > need to open ports here for port forwarding to work, but this doesn't seem > to be the case. > changed in 1.3. You used to have to both open the port here AND forward it. Now to forward it to the internal network you only need to fill in the forwarding page. if you want a port open on your ipcop box, but not to be forwarded to the internal network (eg 222 for ssh access to the ipcop box itself) then you still have to use "external service access" > 2. IPCop seems to respond to pings. Is it a good idea to turn this off? Or > is that more trouble than it's worth? > set /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all to 1 (and stick it in some startup script in case of reboot. > Cheers > > ------------------------------------------------- > Hamish McBrearty MCSE MCSA > Network Engineer > Rangi Ruru Girls' School > 59 Hewitts Road > Christchurch > NEW ZEALAND > Ph 03 355-6099 > Fax 03 355-6027 > CELL 021 999770 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------- > > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
