Hello,

Daniel Curtis a écrit :
> 
> I have a question about iptables and rules for OUTPUT
> chain. If I have a typical desktop without any services
> like SSH, Samba etc. it is better to use something like?;
> 
> iptables -P DROP
> iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -j ACCEPT
> 
> or it does not matter and it could be a simple one rule;
> 
> iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT

These two sets of commands do different things and cannot be compared
simply.
"Better" suggests optimization, and optimization requires a criterion.
What is the objective criterion you wish to optimize ?


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