[plug] IPChains

[Peter F Bradshaw]

On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Damion Hill wrote:

> I'm hoping to get a pointer here.
> 
> I've set up a script to apply the IPChains I wish to use for my home 
> network and have them working. The one thing that needs attention 
> is the setting for the IP address. All of the details I've found in doco 
> refer to static IP or DHCP. I dial to iiNet who assign an ip 
> depending on which port you've dialed in to.
> 
> How can I automate the IP setting in my script? At present I'm 
> using ifconfig to get the address and editing a macro in the script 
> before applying the rules. There has to be an easier way!!

Hi;

A lot called Isisglass has written a script that does a fair job of doing 
what you want. In particular it has a section to determine the assigned PPP
address. You may want to incluse that in your script. Just search for 
"isiglass" on freshmeat.

Cheers

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