Re: [Sheflug] mandrake 8.1 / my firewall thing

[Alex Hudson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2001-12-15 at 13:02, James Bruce wrote:
> okay, i tried installing mandrake as my firewall yesterday. installation
> went fine, and both net cards and net connection was established. i ran the
> firewall wizard and answered everyting, but whenever i tried to access the
> net from anther machine, it didnt work. 

>From the root console;

echo 1>/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
ipchains -A forward -s {localnet} -j MASQ

.. where {localnet} is 192.168.0.0/24 in my instance (/24 meaning a
netmask of 255.255.255.0).

I would try to stick with the Mandrake tools if I were you though - you
want this configuration to stick, presumably. You could also try using
Linuxconf, or whatever variation Mandrake currently ship.

Also, you won't be need to download and install any firewall software -
unless you house national secrets on your local network, the stuff that
comes with Mandrake will do you fine ;)

Cheers,

Alex.




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