Changing iptables rules

[Clive DaSilva]

Hello Jing

Thanks for your comments. Interesting suggestion ;)
I'll take a look at freshmeat.net

Thanks

Clive


Jing Su wrote:

>>>Hello all
>>>
>>>I am working with a new distro (Mandrake 9.1) trying desperately to
>>>change the default iptables ruleset to allow ip_masquerade so my wife
>>>and daghter can simultaneously surf on a Win98 box attached to my small
>>>network. Are any of you aware of a URL which advises as to how to do
>>>this ?  On my Slackware 7.1 setup, my iptables rules consisted of
>>>perhaps five lines which enabled the ip_masquerade process, but the
>>>iptables rule set here is quite long. I was considering writing a script
>>>which I could enable at bootup which deleted all the generic iptables
>>>rules created by the Mandrake install, and then just add the five lines
>>>which I used to get ip_masq running on my old config.
>>>      
>>>
>
>Personally I just dump those distro tables and just use one from an
>automated script generator.
>
>visit http://www.freshmeat.net
>and search for iptables script generator
>
>Most of the generated scripts are decent.  You might want to browse
>through some of the generated ones to see if it has some extra bits and
>pieces that you care about.  In particular, you might want to find one
>with rules that specifically block samba ports and prevent them from
>leaking out of your internal network.
>
>In general, all of them have some kind of masquerading/nat'ing option.
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