Running a firewall with 6 diff networks, and using a
default policy that is drop, then as far as i know you
have to add -i and -o option to forward rules in order
for them to work. Or am I wrong there (quite new to
this, hehe)?

/J�rgen


--- Antony Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 03 June 2002 8:59 pm, "J�rgen" Danielsson
> wrote:
> 
> > Is it inpossible to use a alias in a rule. With
> that I
> > mean refer to a interface called eth1:0.
> 
> Correct.
> 
> Why do you want to refer to the name ?   If you want
> to specify the interface 
> a packet is coming in on, use the plain name (eg
> eth1).   If you want to 
> specify the address a packet was going to, use -d
> aa.bb.cc.dd
> 
> I can't think of another reason you should need the
> interface name.
> 
> 
> Antony.
> 


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