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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting Adam J Clark <adamsgl AT dhbit.ca>:
> Hi all,
> 
> On my firewall/NAT box, I've intentionally let my SMGL get a little
> out-of-date simply because I haven't wanted to deal with having my
> custom networking.sh file wiped out.
> 
> However, since the box really needs a bunch of updates done, I figured
> I'd ask here how to handle the part of the init transition I've been
> dreading - how *best* to implement a script that works in tandem with
> the new network.sh script that handles the firewall/NAT stuff.
> 
> I see that there's an sm-firewall spell, but it appears even that has 
> the old init stuff scripted in to it... (ie, it's outdated)
> 
> So, I'm sure others around here are dealing with SMGL & firewalls... any 
> suggestions on a decent way to work this in, or do we all just have to 
> write out own custom firewall spells and init scripts?
> 
> -Adam

I run shorewall on my server without any problems (other than my own making). 
If
you haven't updated to simpleinit yet, you'll want to read the HOWTO on the
wiki, as that has all the steps required, IIRC.

-sandalle

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Eric Sandall                     |  Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer
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