[aclug-L] Re: Firewall Question

[Nate Bargmann <n0nb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 03:18:12PM -0600, Carl B. Davis wrote:

Carl.

Not sure what distribution you are running, but it doesn't sound like
Debian 2.2.  Debian does have a nice package called ipmasq that is quite
easy to configure for PPP firewalling.  If you are using Debian, I'll
help as I can with the ipmasq package.

- Nate >>

> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I have a pppd internet dial up connection, set up for what used to be
> Southwind.  It dials on demand.  I now have a firewall setup that will
> close open ports, and deny access to anyone not on my network.  The
> thing is, because I have a dynamic ip address that changes each time I
> connect, the firewall has to be re-started each time the demand dial up
> connection is initiated.  The explanation I have says to start it with
> the same script that begins the internet connection.  I have tried to
> put it in the "options" and "southwind.chat" files that are used by
> pppd, but that just produces errors.  I also tried putting it in
> ip-up.local and ip-up, with no success.
> 
> Question, how can I set this up to start the firewall after my dial up
> is handed it's ip address from the isp?
> 
> Thanks for your suggestions.
> 
> Carl
> 
> 
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