> BTW: Why is it I'm seeing so many people using the ! so much?? I actually > never use it except for possibly #!/bin/bash and that's it. >
Because it's simple and timesaving, both for you and the firewall, basically. For example, why write: iptables -i eth0 -j ACCEPT iptables -i eth1 -j ACCEPT iptables -i eth2 -j ACCEPT iptables -i eth3 -j ACCEPT iptables -i tr0 -j ACCEPT iptables -i ppp0 -j ACCEPT When you could write: iptables -i ! lo -j ACCEPT This is an extremely simple example, of course, but still valid. It puts less stress on you, as well as cpu cycles. Have a nice day, ---- Oskar Andreasson http://iptables-tutorial.haringstad.com http://people.unix-fu.org/andreasson/ mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > thanks, > George Vieira > Systems Manager > Citadel Computer Systems P/L > http://www.citadelcomputer.com.au > > > >
