On Tuesday 12 November 2019 19:53:15 John Hasler wrote: > I wrote: > > Install Shorewall. > > Gene writes: > > Did, spent half an hour reading its man page, but I don't see a > > command that will extract and save an existing iptables setup, and a > > later reapply of that saved data. > > I meant use it instead of using Iptables directly: the package takes > care of restoring filter rules on boot and is more user-friendly than > Iptables. Shorewall-save will save the existing rules. > > But why aren't you already using Iptables-save and Iptables-restore?
I am now,, so that problem is solved. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>