On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:06:37 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the clearing my concept. > however i read some of the part via google that there is a file > /etc/network/iptables in Debian from where all the startup scripts run > for FW . may be i didnt got the correct idea out of it. as i am new > and still learning. > so i thought that rc.local is not an appropriate route to choose. > That's a recommended default location if you use just the iptables-save and -restore commands, but it isn't created on installation. A newly-installed Debian system has no iptables infrastructure. But the save and restore commands only give you the iptables rules, and you may want to do other network-related things when the 'service' is started, such as loading conntrack modules for unusual protocols. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120427090537.0dad5...@jretrading.com
