On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 06:57:54AM +0800, Horatio B. Bogbindero wrote: > > uhh. mabye you should at all allow all localhost traffic: > > iptables -t filter -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT >
Right. This is what I get for posting inebriated. :p > and some outgoing traffic such as HTTP, DNS and others: > > iptables -t filter -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT > iptables -t filter -A OUTPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT > Which of course depends on what you're trying to do. > also you can modify the rules in the /etc/sysconfig/iptables > file which is always a good starting point when setting up your > own rules. > > also doing things the RedHat way, you can use the redhat-config-network > tool to configure your firewall settings. i think. or was that some > other tool (redhat-config-*). > Much easier to use the lokkit program than to fiddle around with their many redhat-config-* programs. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
