[Techtalk] IPTables

[jm]

> On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 05:28:19PM -0500 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
> Jennifer Davis thought:
> > 
> > Up until now, I used IPchains for my NAT/Firewall.  When I tried
> > to run my PMFirewall script, it wouldn't work for me.  I guess after 34
> > months with the 2.4 kernel, Slack dropped support for IPChains.
> > 
> > I was wondering if there was a quick and easy way of setting up
> > IPTables for Slackware.  Ideally it would install via the console as this
> > machine does not do X.  Otherwise, is there a way to make my distro
> > backwareds compatible? 

To get up and running fast, you might wanna resort to the IPtables script
generator:

http://iptables-script.dk/

I also have a boilerplate iptables firewall script (for linux server
+ small lan doing NAT), just plug-in-your-IP-numbers, that I can
contribute, send email if you'd like a copy.

-jm

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