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On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 06:22, Marko Mikulicic wrote: |
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> Spider wrote: |
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> > Topposting ;) |
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> > I prefer to use : |
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> > echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward |
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> > instead of the sysctl variant.. and I do this both "on" and "off" in my |
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> > iptables script.. that's where I consider it "fitting" |
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> may I ask you why do you prefer the /proc variant ? I have no prejudice |
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> on both, |
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> but I'm wondering why there is some many "sysctl" based scripts |
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> (in other distros). |
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> I thought iptables was the "IP packet filter". Ip forwarding |
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> can be used for other things, like openvpn tunneling or other |
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> routing stuff which doesn't depend on iptables, right? What if I don't |
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> have installed iptables ? Where it should go then ? |
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> I would avoid to complicate the /etc/init.d/net script. Perhaps a |
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> separated /etc/init.d/net_forwarding (not sure about the nomenclature) ? |
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If /etc/sysctl.conf is present, /etc/init.d/bootmisc will |
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run sysctl automatically at boot. |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Developer |
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Cape Town, South Africa |
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