From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?unknown-8bit?q?J=F6rgen?= Danielsson Subject: Re: alias Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 15:03:45 -0700 (PDT) Sender: netfilter-admin@lists.samba.org Message-ID: <20020603220345.61683.qmail@web9904.mail.yahoo.com> References: <200206032037.g53KbHA20127@Networker.rockstone.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200206032037.g53KbHA20127@Networker.rockstone.co.uk> Errors-To: netfilter-admin@lists.samba.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: netfilter@lists.samba.org Running a firewall with 6 diff networks, and using a default policy that is drop, then as far as i know you have to add -i and -o option to forward rules in order for them to work. Or am I wrong there (quite new to this, hehe)? /J=F6rgen --- Antony Stone wrote: > On Monday 03 June 2002 8:59 pm, "J=F6rgen" Danielsson > wrote: >=20 > > Is it inpossible to use a alias in a rule. With > that I > > mean refer to a interface called eth1:0. >=20 > Correct. >=20 > Why do you want to refer to the name ? If you want > to specify the interface=20 > a packet is coming in on, use the plain name (eg > eth1). If you want to=20 > specify the address a packet was going to, use -d > aa.bb.cc.dd >=20 > I can't think of another reason you should need the > interface name. >=20 >=20 > Antony. >=20 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com