Shorewall users - Nov 2002 - Using iptables save option

Hi

  I used shorewall to create my rules for iptables and I am pretty happy
with the current configuration.  Should  I now run "iptables save"
option and stop shorewall from being called at start up so that the
iptables rules are applied before the interfaces come up.  This would
also have the added benefit of locking the rules in place.

Thanks 

Jim

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--On Tuesday, November 19, 2002 04:51:55 PM -0800 Jamby <jamby@uswest.net>
wrote:
> Hi
>
>   I used shorewall to create my rules for iptables and I am pretty happy
> with the current configuration.  Should  I now run "iptables
save"
> option and stop shorewall from being called at start up so that the
> iptables rules are applied before the interfaces come up.  This would
> also have the added benefit of locking the rules in place.
>
And would have the disadvantage that the things that Shorewall does in 
addition to running ''iptables'' (adding ARP table entries,
adding IP
addresses) wouldn''t be saved.

-Tom
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