FC4 firewall and port forwarding

[jdow]

From: "Paul Smith" <phhs80 at gmail.com>

> On 3/25/06, Noah <admin2 at enabled.com> wrote:
>> > > I am little new to using an FC4 for a firewall and port forwarding.  Somebody
>> > > send me a good tutorial URL so I can see the best configuration convention to
>> > > get things working properly on the machine.  I have not found a good howto
>> yet.
>> >
>> > The following may be a good start:
>> >
>> > http://www.portforward.com/
>>
>> I understand the concept of port forwarding.  I am looking for specific
>> configuration information for FC4.  I dont see anything like this on the site
>> you recommend.  If you have more specific URLs that would really be helpful.
>>
>> Any other URL suggestions from others?
> 
> Be aware that port forwarding has nothing to be with the distribution
> that you are using; it is something that you do on your modem/router.
> The posterior configuration of the firewall, depends on the firewall
> you have installed.
> 
> Paul

Oh, don't try to tell that to MY Linux firewall machine, Paul. I have
included both (and mostly) nat forwarding and in one specific case
literal forwarding to an internal server for a specific purpose that I
open up rather rarely.

{^_^}