Re: [Dorset] Making iptables Entries Persistent

2020-07-20 Thread Terry Coles
On Monday, 20 July 2020 09:28:12 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > ping(8) sends an ICMP ECHO packet. ssh(1) establishes a TCP connection. > They're both network protocols, but different ones; see /etc/protocols > for their numbers. > > Something was hindering the ECHO packet round trip. I think we kn

Re: [Dorset] Making iptables Entries Persistent

2020-07-20 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > The solution was put forward to allow a particular device to be pinged > when logged into the network using the VPN solution. For some reason > it refuses pings even though it can be accessed using ssh once the VPN > connection has been made. ping(8) sends an ICMP ECHO packet. ssh(1

Re: [Dorset] Making iptables Entries Persistent

2020-07-20 Thread Terry Coles
On Monday, 20 July 2020 09:05:31 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Is there a right way? > > Go with what's simplest which is correct and suffices. :-) Thanks for all the responses; I've learned a lot. As it happens, this query has now been overtaken by events. The solution was put forward to all

Re: [Dorset] Making iptables Entries Persistent

2020-07-20 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > throws up the idea of using iptables-save/iptables-restore but also > iptables-persistent. To add to what others have said, iptables-persistent looks like a wrapper around iptables-{save,restore}. https://salsa.debian.org/debian/iptables-persistent/-/blob/debian/plugins/15-ip4tables

Re: [Dorset] Making iptables Entries Persistent

2020-07-19 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
On 19/07/2020 20:10, Patrick Wigmore wrote: > On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 18:17:38 +0100, Terry Coles wrote: >> Hi, >> >> It has been suggested that I add an iptables rule into some devices >> and make it persistent by adding the rule to /etc/rc.local. >> >> I naively thought that iptables rules were persi

Re: [Dorset] Making iptables Entries Persistent

2020-07-19 Thread Patrick Wigmore
On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 18:17:38 +0100, Terry Coles wrote: > Hi, > > It has been suggested that I add an iptables rule into some devices > and make it persistent by adding the rule to /etc/rc.local. > > I naively thought that iptables rules were persistent, but a quick > google throws up the idea of

Re: [Dorset] Making iptables Entries Persistent

2020-07-19 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
On 18/07/2020 18:17, Terry Coles wrote: > Hi, > > It has been suggested that I add an iptables rule into some devices and make > it persistent by adding the rule to /etc/rc.local. > > I naively thought that iptables rules were persistent, but a quick google > throws up the idea of using iptables-

[Dorset] Making iptables Entries Persistent

2020-07-18 Thread Terry Coles
Hi, It has been suggested that I add an iptables rule into some devices and make it persistent by adding the rule to /etc/rc.local. I naively thought that iptables rules were persistent, but a quick google throws up the idea of using iptables-save/iptables-restore but also iptables- persistent.