On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, jonathan wrote: j> I have been using the SuSE firewall script for about 6 months and am j> very happy with it. I have just upgraded to 6.4 and all is working j> fine. I have a cable connection and need some security and SuSE was the j> ticket for me. I have ip_masq working to the other 3 computers (1 j> windoz and two SuSE). The only problem is using things like webcams due j> to the protocol and port stuff. Hope this helps some. j> Same here, I've been using the SuSEfirewall routine thru a DSL line for a few months now and am very pleased with the results, I have it masqing 4 computers: 01) NIS/NFS/Samba/Mail server 02) SuSE workstation 03) RH workstation 04) 98 workstation everything has been working great since I implemented it, I even setup a machine at my folks house to manage their two 98 workstations on their DSL, again, with no problems. j> "Reid, Rowan (GSP)" wrote: j> > j> > j> > > My advice is don't use the SuSE firewall setup. I spent a j> > > day trying to j> > > get it to work and everytime I started the firewall I j> > > couldn't connect. j> > > j> > > So in rc.config: j> > > START_FW="no"> j> > If you havn't done so, download the updated version from the maintainers homepage, contains many fixes as well as documentation for the most common setups. When followed, you'll have it up and working correctly in a matter of 3-5 minutes, tops. j> > I have SuSE 6.3 and i'm in teh process of setting up a firewall. j> > thus far I have been using HOT-TO, which basicaly tell you hwo to use IP j> > chains, j> > I have not seen any entry for START_FW="no" i j> > m assuming thats a 6.4 thing. can anyone clarrify. perhaps point me in j> > the right direction j> > j> j> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.3+ - Kernel 2.2.14 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/