Saving IPTable rules..oops

[Jason Williams]

At 12:52 PM 12/30/2004, you wrote:
>I don't think you can put your variables in /etc/sysconfig/iptables file. 
>It follows a particular pattern which is not that difficult to learn.
>
>If you want to use variables and stuff, you gotta write your own script 
>file and run it at bootup. I use do this way when my firewall rules were 
>less than 50 lines.
>
>Now my firewall rules are more than 500 lines so I edit the 
>/etc/sysconfig/iptables file directly. It is just an efficient way to load 
>the rules through this file.


I see. so if i want to use variables, I need to edit/replace 
/etc/init.d/iptables then? with my own custom script?
Sounds like i need to brush up on my scripting. :)

Cheers,

Jason