Re: iptables newbie

[Joachim Fahnenmüller <jfahnenmueller@web.de>]

On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 08:12:23PM -0700, James Gibbon wrote:
> On 10/8/05, James Gibbon <gibbon.james@gmail.com> 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 <http://123.45.67.89> -j DROP
> > I get:
> > iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
> >
> 
> 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 <http://123.45.67.89/> -j DROP
> no more bad guy.
> 
> James

Anyway: To get more info look in
/usr/share/doc/iptables and
http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/index.html

Regards
-- 
Joachim Fahnenmüller