On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 07:37:50AM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > > Subject: Re: where to do iptables setup? > Date: Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 02:28:51PM +0530 > > In reply to:Raghavendra Bhat > > Quoting Raghavendra Bhat([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > [Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 10:08:37PM -0500] will : > > > > > apt-get install ipmasq > > > > > > unless i've missed something? > > > > Vineet should get a dependency error now. You > > have missed 'iptables'. > > > > Is my thought process patently wrong ? 'ipmasq' is > > a package which depends on the basic package > > 'iptables | ipchains'. > > > > No, your right, Will has his mind on Newbie things, that all.
my reputation exceeds me, i can see that. :) on my potato setup it looks for ipchains and if it can't find it, then it falls back to ipfwadm. i presume that the woody incarnation looks for iptables and then falls back to ipchains, right? so whichever firewall rule-munger you've got installed, ipmasq will use the most advanced one. based on what i know. > -- > MICROSOFT: Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software is Only > for Fools and Teenagers. wonderful, that. -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #11 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Which COMMANDS pertain to <xyz>? Try "apropos <xyz>", "info <xyz>", and "man -k <xyz>". Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
