On Sun, 29 Aug 2004, Rob Cartier wrote: > I have a client that has a (cable ISP) dynamic Ip address assignment > and while it doesn't change often it does change. > > I have added the machine to my iptables for pop3 and ssh by using > the host name that is registered with dyndns.org but if it changes > I need to restart iptables so that the updated address is in effect. > > Is there anything else I can set in the iptables rules to have it work > more dynamically besides restarting my iptables scripts. Instead of referencing the IP, you could just reference the interface, ie. "-i eth0" or "-i eth1" for incoming interface or "-o eth0" or "-o eth1" for outgoing interface. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe
