[CentOS] centos5 iptables expert needed
Robert Spangler
lazydog at zoominternet.net
Tue Aug 28 23:20:57 UTC 2007
On Tue August 28 2007 12:27, Dave wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm setting up a centos5 router for a friend. It will direct traffic
> to an internal webserver, already in place, as well as run squid proxy. It
> should do nat and have a firewall with iptables. I've set up routers before
> for this purpose but always of the bsd type and using their firewalls. I
> understand the concepts, nat, packet filtering, etc. but i'm not getting
> iptales at all. If anyone is an expert on this i'd appreciate hearing from
> you. I have what are probably basic questions, i've read the docs, but i am
> lost.
What does this network look like?
How many NIC's in the router machine?
I'm running a router/firewall here at home with 3 networks connected and I
find the way I do things a lot better then any software setup out there.
IPTABLES is simple. It works in a top to bottom flow. First rule it matches
is executed.
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Regards
Robert
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