On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 01:41:57AM +0530, Devdas Bhagat wrote:

>>>Policy of DROP, then open what you need.

IAC, with iptables it is the other way.

Open what you need
Then drop all others

Order  matters  when  placing  options  in a  rule.  Previously,  with
ipchains, the order  of the rule options did  not matter. The iptables
command uses stricter syntax. 

refer: 
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ref-guide/s1-iptables-differences.html

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