--- Ross Starkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all > > I have recently built a firewall for my home office. > All seems well, it's fairly secure. One problem > though, every time my Windows client sends a packet > destined for my Linux box that is not destined for > the Internet (say for example when I use PUTTY over > SSH) PPPD dials up. I am pretty sure I need to set > up a firewall rule to stop this, but I have tried > several iptables rules all to no avail. > > You need to define rules in INPUT chain.
$IPTABLE -A INPUT -j DROP will drop all the packets destined for your firewall. > > Any guidance is much appreciated > > Cheers... Subodh > > Ross > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
