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Re: Iptables & Default policy of Reject



On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 09:11:12AM +0200, Christopher Zimmermann wrote:
> As long as I use iptables I was not able to use policies of reject. I 
> even remember the target 'REJECT' being a selectable kernel option. 
> Reject requires some ICMP action whereas DROP doesn't.
I can understand the reasoning.

I will have to put it down to faulty memory on my part, thought I would ask 
anyway
> 
> > I am just going through my firewall setup and I notice I can no longer     
> > do  iptables -P INPUT REJECT                                               
> 
> > when did this happen ? I could have sworn that is what I used to use as
> > a default, yes I know I can drop and add a -A -j REJECT                    


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