On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 3:02 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > On 07/23/11 10:22 AM, Kristopher Kane wrote: >> >> > this sort of thing really belongs on an iproute2/netfilter mail list, >> > however, as its not at all centos specific. >> >> So John, exactly what is CentOS specific? Should I only read the >> emails with release speculation? > > things related to the packaging, repos. at least stuff thats EL3/4/5/6 > related. > > otherwise, the mission creep on this list turns it into a free for all. > > hey I'm having problems with my set-top tv box, and it runs linux > inside, and centos is linux, can you guys ....? > > no, I don't think so. > > now, in reference to the OP's issues, a centos/el specific question > might be how to package iptables commands within the standard EL /etc > tree and work with the existing firewall scripts, or where to put ip > rule/route commands (where SHOULD you put those, anyways? I dunno. > mine end up in /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall which is invoked from rc.local and > I *know* thats sloppy as heck). Even after this explanation I don't understand your objection to helping someone with a firewall and routing issue on a CentOS box. You might have a point if the executables didn't come from packages in the canonical CentOS repo.