Re: Searching for an appropriate iptables script

2002-02-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Gareth Bowker [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002.02.07.1017 +0100]: If you're worried about missing stuff out, you could start with a firewall that defaults everything to DROP and go from there... good point. any-any-any-DROP is what i call the base firewall. there is *no* argument for a

RE: Searching for an appropriate iptables script

2002-02-08 Thread Jeff Bonner
On 7 Feb 2002 04:17 AM, Gareth Bowker wrote: You might also want to look at the 'ferm' package. [...] To save bandwidth, I'll just thank everyone via this one message who responded with suggestions on the list. I'm taking a look at all of these options (including writing it myself) and they

iptables: SNAT vs MASQUERADE

2002-02-08 Thread Jeff Bonner
I'm trying to figure out some things about using MASQUERADE instead of SNAT. I have made some assumptions below, please correct me if I'm wrong. 1) What is the benefit of doing it this way -- not having to specify the external IP? If so, I guess it gets the IP from inside the kernel, like you