nat masquerade router

fedora fedora at christopherrussell.net
Wed Jun 16 19:56:04 UTC 2004


>>I'd appreciate the explanation, many thanks...
>...
>The short version is that when you execute the command >"iptables-save"
or "service iptables save" it
> puts the rules somewhere in a file, which is >/etc/sysconfig/iptables
in a default
>configuration. That file is in the format that Erik
>gave you. When you later type "service iptables
>restore" or "iptables-restore" it recreates firewall
>rules from that file.
>
>In theory, you could just carefully copy Erik's configuration to 
>/etc/sysconfig/iptables and then do:
>
># service iptables stop
># iptables -F
># service iptables restore
># service iptables start
</snip>

Rodolfo,

Many thanks for explanation. At least that jives with my RH9 Bible!

Chris





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