On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 01:04:36PM -0400, Harris Paltrowitz wrote: > Hi List, > > I have a question regarding how I've configured my iptables to act as a very > basic "firewall", i.e., one that simply prevents any and all incoming > connections. Now, from my readings over the past several days I think I've > learned that at least some of my outgoing requests will have responses that > should be allowed to come back in -- but aside from that, I essentially want > my firewall to act in a very "default" method, i.e., the way a complete > neophyte would expect his or her firewall to work within Windows or Mac.
Have a look at shorewall, it saves you from having to worry about all that nonsense. [snipped all that nonsense.] -- The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. -- Malcolm X
