hi, I gone thr' your IPTABLES SOS firewall.rules. i have some thing to ask you
1. In your script default you are droping INPUT and FORWARD not OUTPUT i went thro' lot iptables firewall script on the net most of them are dropping INPUT and OUPUT not FORWARD i want to know what is the difference between the above two. And 2. Why your ACCEPTing OUTPUT for loopbackin your script thanx & regards Subramanian Thenralmani Yukthi Systems Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore ===== S.ThenralMani Sr. Member of Tech. Staff. Yukthi Systems Pvt. Ltd. #178, 5th Main, J.P.Nagar 3rd Phase, Bangalore-560 074 Phone #:6582923 Reach me at:9845211913 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1