On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 10:49:47 -0700, lmyho wrote: > --- Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...] > > If my firewall is deactivated I see this: ^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) > > target prot opt source destination > > > > Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) > > target prot opt source destination > > > > Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) > > target prot opt source destination [...] > Thank you Florian! I just sent out a question to ask how to check before see > your > reply. Thank you for the guide! > > I haven't lauch the gui firestarter yet, it's a good time, so I checked the > 'iptables -L', I do get many outputs, but for the three you listed, I got > different, > please see: > > Chain INPUT (policy DROP) > target prot opt source destination > > Chain FORWARD (policy DROP) > target prot opt source destination > > Chain OUTBOUND (1 references) > target prot opt source destination > > Why is mine 'policy DROP'? And under these title lines, under 'target', lots > of > them are ACCEPT, some are DROP. What happen? Does my firestarter running? > Or do I > have something set wrong? I see now that my post was written such that it can easily be misunderstood: The output of "iptables -L" which I included was for the case when I turn off my firewall. In that case all traffic INPUT, OUTPUT, and FORWARD (for routers) is ACCEPTed. I did not post the output for my activated firewall, because there are many different ways to set up the chains to block all potentially dangerous traffic, so your rules will surely be different from mine. You see lots of rules with DROPs; that means your firewall is running and was configured by firestarter as you set it up with the GUI. Of course you have to check now if the settings in the GUI make sense for your situation, but it is clear that they are applied at every boot. -- Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]