Gentoo Archives: gentoo-server

From: Ramon van Alteren <ramon@××××××××××.nl>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] eth0 startup
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:40:38
Message-Id: 48E08665.9040100@vanalteren.nl
In Reply to: [gentoo-server] eth0 startup by Ajai Khattri
1 Ajai Khattri wrote:
2 >
3 > I have iptables and net.eth0 in my default runlevel - is it normal for
4 > iptables to start *before* eth0 is up? If not, then why is this happening?
5 >
6 >
7 This is happening to make sure your firewall rules are in place *before*
8 you accept any traffic. So yes, it's normal
9
10 Ramon

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