Hi, You have FORWARD policy set to DROP (not by default but by rule) -> you don't need "echo ... /ip_forward"
I don't like to log all what it drop, it can make full a partition and it is not good :) bye > Your iptables scares me a bit, do we really have to do all that stuff > like "echo to /proc/sys/...". I was a TP professional many years ago > but since the internet I have become a novice, thus running scared. > > My script is simple, and perhaps too simple???? for some 6 PC's. > I even have FTP/20+21 turned off most of the time, and I question some > of the others (put them on due to err-log messages). > > ============================================================ > > #!/bin/sh > # /opt/sbin/ziptables > # /etc/init.d/local > # > iptables -t mangle -F # flush all: mangle,nat,filter > iptables -t nat -F # flush all: mangle,nat,filter > iptables -t filter -F # flush all: mangle,nat,filter > iptables -A INPUT -j ACCEPT -s 127.0.0.1 # local host > iptables -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT -d 127.0.0.1 > iptables -A INPUT -j ACCEPT -s 192.168.0.0/28 # allow x.x.x.1-7 > iptables -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT -d 192.168.0.0/28 > iptables -A FORWARD -j DROP > # > # PASS ICMP TYPE 3 PACKETS (avoid ping, allow nfs) > # iptables -A INPUT -j ACCEPT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 3 > # iptables -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 3 > # > # [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL > PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] > # [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] > # [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] > # [EMAIL PROTECTED],MOUNTD@(add "MOUNTD_PORT=33333" to /etc/sysconfig/nfs) > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > iptables -A INPUT -j ACCEPT -p tcp -m multiport --port > 20,21,25,37,80,110,111,119,443 > > iptables -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT -p tcp -m multiport --port > 25,37,80,110,111,119,443 > > iptables -A INPUT -j ACCEPT -p udp -m multiport --port > 53,67,68,111,520,631 > > iptables -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT -p udp -m multiport --port > 53,67,68,111,520,631,5353 > # > # LOG DROP THROUGHS FOR DIAGNOSTICS, WRITTEN TO /var/log/messages > iptables -A INPUT -j LOG --log-prefix ZZI- > iptables -A OUTPUT -j LOG --log-prefix ZZO- > iptables -A INPUT -j DROP > iptables -A OUTPUT -j DROP > iptables -L > # >