[vox-tech] ip_masq-quake.o

Peter Jay Salzman vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 15:06:46 -0800


doug,

what exactly do you mean by "related" ip traffic?

pete


begin mrdoug@attbi.com <mrdoug@attbi.com> 
> IIRC, ipchains and ipfw didn't handle "related" ip 
> traffic. It was one of the most annoying features of 
> that firewalling code. You had to load other modules so 
> that related ip traffic could follow the same rules. 
> With the masq modules you could define one set of rules 
> for say ftp and then realted ip traf could be handled.
> 
> I remember having alot of trouble with FTP until I RTFM 
> and loaded the right modules.
> 
> -doug