Administrator tasks
===================

Operating and maintaining the fiaif firewall suggests that the
administrator performs tasks such as:

- regular checks for updated network definitions with the
  fiaif-update(8) script
- regular checks of firewall log files with the fiaif-scan(8)
  script


Troubleshooting
===============

Before reporting bugs about fiaif, please check the following:

1) Run "/etc/init.d/fiaif test" to check that your configuration
   syntax is correct.

2) Check that your network hardware (ie. the switch) works.
   Sometimes a single port in a switch dies and you have to use
   another port.

When submitting a bug report, please consider these points:

1) Mask out any public IP's from your report. Remember that bug
   reports are publicly archived. Providing both configuration
   and public IP's may help abusers to hack your site.

   You can mail confidential configuration data directly to the
   maintainer of the fiaif package. To get the maintainer email,
   execute "apt-cache show fiaif | grep ^Maintainer" in a shell.

2) It is a good idea to include a sketch of your network setup in
   your bug report, e.g:

                     __________
    internet - eth0 |          |----eth1(192.68.1.0/24)
   -----------------| Firewall |            LAN
      (a.b.c.d)     |__________|----eth2(192.68.2.0/24)

