On 9/14/10 5:51 PM, Mr Dash Four wrote:
> 
>> Set blacklist=1 on eth0.
>>   
> Right, so in other words blacklist=2 only blocks forwarded traffic 
> passing through this interface destined to nets in the blacklist with 
> the 'to' option. Wouldn't it be easier to just use 'fwd' as the 
> blacklist option - 'to' with blacklist=2 is very different from 'to' and 
> blacklist=1, you can just have 'blacklist' and choose between 
> 'from','to' (as if blacklist=1) and, say, 'fwd' (as if blacklist=2) - no 
> need for so many permutations when these 3 options in the blacklist file 
> alone will cover everything you'll ever need. As I wrote previously - 
> confusing.

Luckily, with your one-interface, two-zone configuration, you won't have
an opportunity to use the confusing blacklist=2 setting. It is designed
for internal interfaces, and given that you don't have any internal
interfaces, it shouldn't be a problem for you.

-Tom
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