[CentOS] Putting nat routing into place permanently? -- service iptables save
Tim Edwards
tim at registriesltd.com.au
Fri Nov 4 02:36:34 UTC 2005
Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> William L. Maltby wrote on Thu, 03 Nov 2005 18:59:33 -0500:
>
>
> I think the main point of the discussion got lost in the meantime. It was
> *not* rc.whatever vs. init.d scripts, but "iptables save" vs. running your
> own iptables script. There are good reasons to run your own script instead
> of saving and restarting that saved state and it's quite different in
> functionality. Whether you then run this script as an init script, from
> rc.local or yet another startup method is a matter of taste (although
> init.d clearly has technical/usability advantages).
If you really want a 'neat' way to manage your iptables firewall then
just use shorewall.
--
Tim Edwards
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