ifconfig and network starting

[Warren Raquel]

Add all that to a file called rc.firewall and put it into the /etc/rc.d 
directory. At the end of rc.local add this:

if [ -f /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall
fi

That will load the firewall if it exists. Have fun.


Warren Raquel MCP CCNA

- Just another geek.



>From: "Jake" <Jake at callatg.com>
>Reply-To: <talk at nblug.org>
>To: "00 nblugTalk" <talk at nblug.org>
>Subject: ifconfig and network starting
>Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 20:22:33 -0800
>
>So I have my box with NAT bridging my 802.11 network to my switched lan.
>
>Totaly insecure, all packets can be sniffed (I couldn't care less at the
>moment.)
>
>However I was trying to think of the best way to get these lines to be
>passed to the shell:
>
>ifconfig eth1 up 192.168.254.3 broadcast 192.168.254.255 netmask
>255.255.255.0
>ifconfig eth2 up 10.0.0.1 broadcast 10.0.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
>iptables -t nat -P POSTROUTING DROP
>iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
>
>Then when that is done I can use it as my NAT box and it should work for my
>802.11 network and my other interface.
>But I dont know the best place to put this on my redhat 7.2 box.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>I was thinking that it would be best to add it to the network script in
>/etc/init.d/network but where in the script?
>
>Currently my box hasnt gone down, so I havent needed to pass these options
>to the kernel  again :)
>
>Thanks,
>Jake
>
>


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