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Configuring Multiple Newsfeeds
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To configure the netperm-table file directly, follow these steps:
1. Create a plug proxy section for your service, specifying the inside host(s) that can
use this service and destination servers and ports:
qotd-gw: port qotd 10.0.1.* -desthost qotd.bigu.edu -destport qotd
which indicates that any inside hosts can send Quote of the Day requests to the
server at Big University.
2. Specify the outside hosts that can use this service and the inside servers and ports.
Because you are not running a Quote of the Day server inside the perimeter, you do
not need to add this line for our qotd example.
3. Comment your additions.
Configuring Your Service
You may need to configure your service and application to connect to the firewall instead
of directly to the server. Consult the documentation included with your plugged service
for information on possible configurations.
Verifying Your Setup
Try accessing the service in the way it is meant to be used. Conversely, access the service
in inappropriate ways. Watch the logs on the firewall for error messages.
Configuring Multiple Newsfeeds
If you wish to exchange news with multiple news servers outside the perimeter, you
must add additional configuration rules for the plug proxy that handles NNTP transfers.
This is done without the GUI.
To configure additional newsfeeds, follow these steps:
1. Create plug proxy lines that handle multiple internal servers, multiple external
servers, or both.
2. Use the same plug proxy line that you use for other news information.
3. Add permit lines to the inside and outside policies for your new plug proxies.