On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 12:18:14AM +0200, thomas anderson wrote: > I want to setup my internal network to access the internet via my linux > machine over a dial-up line. it seems that ipmasq does the trick...then > ipchains > comes along now iptables..the best bet so far is iptables...now, is there a > reliable HOWTO that tellsa pretty good *newbie* how to setup iptables for > this setup or should I just use ipmasq instead? or maybe ipchains? > unfortunately, my /usr/share/doc/HOWTO only has ipmasq-howto and > ipchains-howto.. >
The ipmasq package isn't used by itself, but in conjunctions with ipfwadm|ipchains|iptables. It depends on what kernel version you are running: 2.0.x -> ipfwadm 2.2.x -> ipchains 2.4.x -> iptables The potato version of ipmasq will set up a reasonable set of rules for ipfwadm and ipchains, while the testing/unstable version will do so for any of these. You can, of course, set up your own rules, but ipmasq would be a good starting point. You will also have to use a kernel compiled with CONFIG_FIREWALL, CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL, CONFIG_IP_FORWARD, and CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE.
