[Techtalk] DNS and IP masquerading

[Arashi]

Phew! That's one less problem out of the way.  Should I put my
sister's IP address in the host file too?  

My main problem now is putting together a proper script. What
essential things should be included in a well-written script?
I've been comparing various scripts with a basic one from the tldp
IPmasq howto and getting very confused.  Eg: 1. commands in one
script end with "&& \", similar ones in another script don't. 2. The
tldp script says that IPtables options are modular or compiled into
the kernel. Since I'm using the kernel that comes with the RH8, how
can I find out if the options I need have been compiled into the
kernel?  And if not, where can I get the modules from? 

thanks again
Berenice  


--- jennyw <jennyw at dangerousideas.com> wrote:
> No, you shouldn't need to.  If you use private IPs and want to
> resolve addresses on your network, you can install DNS (but it 
> wouldn't need to be accessed from the outside), or you could use 
> host files.
> 
> Jen
> 
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 07:39:08PM -0800, Arashi wrote:
> I've been looking over a IPtables firewall script (kindly
> supplied by Conor - thanks) and noticed that it includes DNS  
> addresses.  ATM all I know about DNS is that it maps machine names
> to IP addresses. Do I need a DNS server for my situation (2 
> computers on a home network sharing a dial-up internet connection)?
>  
> cheers
> Berenice


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