Re: What is the best way to turn off the iptables

[lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 12:33 AM, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu 05 Jul 2012 at 22:28:43 +0800, lina wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> What is the best way to turn off the iptables?
>>
>> or come back to its default settings. Flush my current one.
>
> Depends on what rules you have set up.
>
>    iptables -F
>
> and
>
>    iptables -X
>
> should do it for you.
>
>> 4] Are there someone willing to sharing some iptables template, a bit
>> mature one with explaination.
>
> There might be but you do not really want to use someone else's rules.
I will try to understand the template (like the one shared by Joe) first.
> Have you given any thought as to what you want to achieve, apart from
> some hazy (and probably mistaken) idea that you might be safer? As far I
> can see you have a couple of services running. Services are meant to be
> accessed but restrictions on access can generally be set in their
> configuration files. Try defining and saying exactly what it is you
> want netfilter/iptables to do for you.
I don't know exactly what I wish for except the hazy secure feelings?
hope can figure it out in future.

Thanks,

Best regards,
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