Re: [TCLUG:7419] firewall configuration

[^chewie <chewie@nerp.net>]

On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, ^chewie wrote:

> Anyway, since I use a DENY policy, I have to make sure I can get
> through the firewall, right?  Still first things first when changing
> firewall rules. Deny everything!
> 
> 	ipchains -I input -j DENY    # Denies ALL packets coming in
> 	ipchains -I output -j DENY   # Denies ALL packets going out
> 	ipchains -I forward -j DENY  # Denies ALL packets going out

Oops.  forgot to add the "1" after the word "input".  It should read
like this:

	ipchains -I input 1 -j DENY

Then to delete, just use

	ipchains -D input 1 -j DENY

Oh, well. :)

^chewie

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