Re: iptables and apt-get
Ian Goodall, 2003-Mar-11 14:48 -0000:
> All is fine now. Adding the line:
>
> iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
>
> fixes the problem. Does anyone know what this line does? I found this using
> an online script generator at http://www.iptables.1go.dk/index1.php.
Iptables is a stateful firewall, so it maintains tables of all the
sessions/connections made through it. The line above says that the
firewall will allow traffic through the INPUT chain (or ruleset) that
is already ESTABLISHED in the "state" table, or is RELATED to any
sessions/connections already in the "state" table.
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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