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Re: iptables usage



On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 10:01:23PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> I've been trying to get iptables working so that I can finally have a
> worthwhile client-side non-graphical firewall. So to test it out, I
> typed these two commands:
> 
> /# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
> # iptables -A INPUT -j REJECT
> 
> /And for some reason I completely lost my connection to port 80, even

Why not just use shorewall?  Its non-graphical.  Its set up with simple
config files.  The documentation is fantastic.

Doug.



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