Joe Tseng wrote: > I've been trying to get up to speed as well regarding iptables as well, > and although your problems may differ from mine, my issue has been that > the > "tutorials" online teach you everything plus the kitchen sink. I came to > realize that a) I have a specific problem to solve and b) I want a concise > example that would help me achieve that goal while still teaching me > concepts that a tutorial would. > > With that said, I found this recently: > > http://www.faqs.org/docs/iptables/examplescripts.html > > The subsequent pages have network layout illustrations depicting the > behavior dictated by the commands that appear later in those pages. From > the brief bit I've seen it ought to help people who want to get going > quickly. Isn't it much easier to run shorewall, or a similar package? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
