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>So, the questions:
>1. Do you have any idea why I'm stuck with rc.firewall now?
You shouldn't be stuck with anything. If you don't like it,
delete the reference calling it from /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
>2. The HowTo claims that this aliasing trick to use a single ethernet card
>is a terrible idea: a big security risk and also slows things down a lot.
>Performance has been fine, and my cablemodem ISP (mediaone) supposedly is
>already protecting me with a firewall.
Their firewall might stop some things but it won't protect you
from other evil MediaOne hackers.
>Is this any worse to do this under
>Linux than it is under MacOS? I'm not loathe to drop $10 on a network
>adapter, but I am running out of available slots!
MacOS is a decent OS but I have no idea how to do it under that OS
and not Linux. I'm sure there are some decent commercial servers
though. Anyway.. buy another NIC!
>3. I downloaded a 2.2.13 precompiled kernel from
><http://netspace.org/~thedrick/linux/>. Is there any way to find out whether
>this kernel has support for aliasing compiled in?
Never.. never.. never.. use some stranger kernel. Its like
jumping into a stranger's car! Bad news!
>4. If setting up IPMasquerading on Linux is so fraught with risk, maybe I
>should just run Mac-On-Linux and use my existing MacOS routing program?!
Why is it full of risk?
--David
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