Jack Coates grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 13:51, David Guntner wrote:
>>
>> I'm setting up some iptables rules to block certain kinds of packets on
>> my ML 9.1 machine. The man page talks about logging options to have it
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> log to the syslog, but I can't seem to figure out the exact syntax to
>> make it work. No matter how I try, I keep getting a bad option message
>> in response. Does anyone know what the actual syntax is on an iptables
>> command to have it log when that particular reject rule is fired?
>>
>> --Dave
>
> man iptables
> /log
> keep hitting / until you see something helpful.
>
> there is a page full of options.
I already did that, hence the statement that "the man page talks about
logging options." :-) Problem is, there are no practical *examples* of
the syntax to use, and my reading of the section on logging didn't yield
anything I could use. Hence my request here for an example syntax to use.
> You've already got shorewall on there, it'll be a lot faster and safer
> to just use it.
Shorewall would be great if I wanted all kinds of fancy firewalling. But
I'm behind a DSL router and that takes care of the vast majority of my
needes. But I need to put three rules into iptables to take care of a
specific need. The rules are already in place, in fact. However, I would
like to be able to log traffic that's blocked if I can. So if you have
some information on what the correct syntax is, I would appreciate an
example - because I can't seem to come up with a syntax that works, going
off of the man page.
--Dave
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