Really Basic Iptables Question(s)... [Solved]

Saar · Last edited by Saar on Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:43 pm; edited 1 time in total

I've been going over the iptables wikis/howtos recently as I'm planning to re-structure my home network, and I've come across something I couldn't find an answer for: if I'm going to use Gentoo's scripts for starting/stopping iptables, do I put all of the iptables commands/rules into /etc/conf.d/iptables? If so, what format is it in? Are we allowed to script within that file, or is it only meant to be a place to plunk in straight-ahead rules and nothing else?

Thanks in advance for any help given here!
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Saar · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:43 pm Post subject:

Thanks. For some reason I was caught up in the idea that these were just settings I'd need to look after in something like a .conf file. I'm up and running now.
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gentoo_ram · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject:

Make sure you execute the /etc/init.d/iptables script at your appropriate run-level (probably "default"). It will automatically save your rules when you shut down and restore them when you start up.

Otherwise, you can force it with "/etc/init.d/iptables save" and "/etc/init.d/iptables load".