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Re: Linux Firewall.



Guy Cohen wrote:

> This is getting to be a circus !

A quite common occurance in this list. But it seems that
some people take exception when it is not _their_ circus.

> You CAN NOT run a firewall when ip-forwarding is disabled !
> the basic thing about a firewall is that it forwards packets, althought
> applaying some sort of restriction at the forwarding rules.
>

*Sigh*. We are very sorry we offended your finely honed perceptions
of a functioning firewall. Now, the firewalling setup WILL run. It just
won't do what it is supposed to do, which is quite diferent from
what he was asking. Satisfied ?



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