On 5 Dec 2006 at 17:40, Tom Eastep wrote: > Shawn Wright wrote: > > > I realize that I should be upgrading to Shorewall 3.x asap, and plan to do > > so very > > soon. What I hoped to find out is this: > > > > 1. Is the suspicion we have about the firewall not filtering correctly > > after an > > ifdown/ifup a possibility? > > Very unlikely. It is my experience that ifdown/ifup produces the > opposite effect (firewall won't pass traffic that it should).
Thanks, this is good to know. I believe we have seen cases where no traffic passes, but can't be sure. This machine (Dell PE650 with Intel E1000 dual port) seems to have trouble establishing link reliably after an outage. > > 2. What is the correct way to deal with this issue. ie: having to manually > > take > > down & bring up an interface? What other measures should be taken? > > I typically restart Shorewall after I down/up an interface. This is also good to know. I will try to upgrade to 3.x over the holidays. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Shawn Wright, I.T. Manager Shawnigan Lake School http://www.sls.bc.ca [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
