James wrote:
> I'm aware of /etc/init.d/iptables the 'runscipt'. I do not wish to edit this
> scipt as 'gentoo' updates nuke my edits therein.  Where is the gentoo
> place of preference to launch my scipt after the gentoo runscipt
> '/etc/init.d/iptables'  is finished running?
> 
> Is their a way to get 'rc-update add <my_firewall>  default' to launch
> my_firewall without putting it in the /etc/init.d/ dir and using the 
> runscipt template for my script?

You can run arbitrary commands in /etc/conf.d/local.{start,stop}.

Thanks,
Donnie