Iptables and firestarter
Markku Kolkka
markkukolkka at kolumbus.fi
Wed Jan 12 14:41:54 UTC 2005
Jeroen Lankheet kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika keskiviikko,
12. tammikuuta 2005 14:08):
> In my FC1 system I used firestarter to manage my firewall. I
> always thought it was a front-end for iptables.
Yes, that's right.
> Now in FC3 the
> new firestarter service runs as a stand alone service. So I
> don't need iptables anymore, do I?
You don't need to run the /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables script as a
"service" if you use the equivalent firestarter script. They
aren't really stand-alone services, they are scripts that set
the firewall rules using the /sbin/iptables command.
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Markku Kolkka
markku.kolkka at iki.fi
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