[KLUG Members] ipcop ipchains rules

[Bruce Smith]

> > I want to shutdown my ipcop firewall at 11 at night when the teens are to be
> > in bed and start it up the next morning. 
>
> Why do you want to stop it?  Isn't the point of a firewall to have it
> running all the time, so that no one can get in all the time?  Or are you
> having it filter out 'naughty' sites?

The rule changes will effectively switch off the firewall, making it so
his internal network can no longer reach the internet.  It's NOT opening
his network up to the world.

I suspect he does it so his kids don't stay up all night surfing.

I should do it to my box, I was goofing off way too late last night! :-)


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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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