Re: Default firewall in etch

[franck joncourt <joncourt_franck@yahoo.co.uk>]

Marc D Ronell <mronell@alumni.upenn.edu> wrote:
>  
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for all  of the suggestions.  Isn't there  a *default* firewall
> install  when  you  setup  a  basic  version of  etch?   If  I  didn't
> specifically  install  a  firewall,  does  that  mean  that  there  is
> currently no firewall setup?
>
> I  am happy  to  write and  work  with iptables  using  a script  from
> /etc/init.d,  but  I thought  etch  might  have  a *default*  firewall
> pre-configured?  Maybe not? :).
>
> Thanks,
>
> marc
I do not think there is a default firewall ; in any case, I have never heard about it.
The default policy is ACCEPT for all iptables chains.

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Franck

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