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Re: are these rules the same?



daniel wrote:

I have a doubt about allow lo traffic.

May I use this rule?

iptables -A INPUT -s lo -d lo -j ACCEPT

-s and -d expects IP addresses (or hostnames, but they are converted to IP at the time you enter the command). So, unless lo happens to be a hostname, this does not work.

Or, is it the correct form?

iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT

This is correct.


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