Re: iptables newbie

On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 08:12:23PM -0700, James Gibbon wrote: > Sorry, I figured out my problem. iptables was working fine I actually needed > to use the following command to make my rule stick: > # iptables -I INPUT -s 123.45.67.89 -j DROP

Re: iptables newbie

On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 08:12:23PM -0700, James Gibbon wrote: > On 10/8/05, James Gibbon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > if I try to block the aforementioned SOB's ip address on the filter table > > (when -t isn't specified it is supposed to go to the filter table): > > # iptables -A INPUT -s 123

Re: iptables newbie

On Saturday 08 October 2005 08:27 pm, James Gibbon wrote: > if I try to block the aforementioned SOB's ip address on the filter > table (when -t isn't specified it is supposed to go to the filter > table): # iptables -A INPUT -s 123.45.67.89 -j > DROP I get: > iptables: No ch

Re: iptables newbie

On 10/8/05, James Gibbon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: if I try to block the aforementioned SOB's ip address on the filter table (when -t isn't specified it is supposed to go to the filter table): # iptables -A INPUT  -s 123.45.67.89 -j DROP I get: iptables: No chain/target/match by that name Sorry

iptables newbie

I'm taking a crack at iptables for the first time.  I don't understand much about iptables yet (though, I've been reading Oskar Andreasson's excellent tutorial).  It appears that iptables comes ready to go on Debian Sarge 2.4, though, on my machine it doesn't work.  I just need a nudge to get mysel