This question would be better off on debian-firewall. * Quoting E&Erdem ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I've been using iptables (or i assuming that). But at boot time it gives > an error: "Aborting iptables load: unknown rulesets "active" ". I > couldn't find the problem. I searched via google, and found > dpkg-reconfigure iptables. But it didn't help. I read a lot of iptables > documents. But i think i lost some points, because i don't understand > something. Read and edit /etc/default/iptables > Before this i want to ask that, do i need firewall? Yes, i know this is > very important tool for whose, who taking care about security. And i can > say i'm a paranoid about security. But all of my ports closed. There > isn't any service listen. But sometimes i need httpd and ssh. If your services (ports) are closed you don't need a firewall. If you need a service (like ssh) you would need to open that port anyway. - Rolf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]