On Monday 27 May 2002 6:58 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > #set default chain policies > /sbin/iptables --policy INPUT ACCEPT > /sbin/iptables --policy OUTPUT ACCEPT > /sbin/iptables --policy FORWARD ACCEPT
Yuk :-) A good firewall has default DROP policies... > #enable state-related connections > /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT > /sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT > /sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT What about NEW connections ? How do things get started in the first place ? > I'm confused - I have had other iptables systems working before, which > is why I'm so irritated :) What is the actual problem you're having ? (Preferably something a bit more descriptive than "it doesn't work" :-) Tell us what works, what doesn't, what tests you've tried - we can probably suggest something which might help. Antony.
