Iptables and firestarter

[Markku Kolkka]

Jeroen Lankheet kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika keskiviikko, 
12. tammikuuta 2005 14:08):
> In my FC1 system I used firestarter to manage my firewall. I
> always thought it was a front-end for iptables.

Yes, that's right.

> Now in FC3 the 
> new firestarter service runs as a stand alone service. So I
> don't need iptables anymore, do I?

You don't need to run the /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables script as a 
"service" if you use the equivalent firestarter script. They 
aren't really stand-alone services, they are scripts that set 
the firewall rules using the /sbin/iptables command.

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 Markku Kolkka
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