the 'lo' in the command means "Loopback", its the 127.0.0.1 address.
/B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Holland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 13:58 Subject: Re: DNS problems NOT fixed > I was able to get it working by adding the following commands to iptables. > > -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT > -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT > > I found this solution while searching Usenet. However, since I'm still > very new to RH and iptables, I'm a little nervous about entering these > lines. Am I opening any security holes by doing this? I'm not far > enough along to really understand what this is doing. (Don't worry - > I'm going to RH training!) > > > -- > ************************************************************ > Dana Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] 903-875-7355 > Navarro College Corsicana, TX > http://www.navarrocollege.edu/staff_pages/dana/dana.html > ************************************************************ > All opinions stated are my own, and probably don't even > vaguely resemble those of Navarro College. :) > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
