This is a MIME-formatted message. If you see this text it means that your E-mail software does not support MIME-formatted messages. --=_mail.dpilon.local-27249-1092335855-0001-2 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable iptables -A INPUT -d 127.0.0.1 -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 8 -j DROP DP On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 11:37, scty Library wrote: > Hello all, >=20 > I am messing around with iptables, trying to learn how > it works so that I can build my self a router/firewall > and mabey a VPN. Anyway I tried to use a command on my > Desktop CentOS3 machine. >=20 > "iptables -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -p icmp -j DROP" >=20 > now the command seems to have went through because I > didn't get any errors, but when I go to ping 127.0.0.1 > I am getting a response and my packet loss is 0%. It > should be 100% packet loss. >=20 > Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong. I am not > trying to do anything yet, just want to learn by > exploring. >=20 > Thanks all. >=20 >=20 > =09 > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos --=_mail.dpilon.local-27249-1092335855-0001-2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBG7jumXtaysxU6gsRAgDzAJ9yOW09xtsYpTzfQEgL8wAdO9R09gCeIAtZ FJM1c69XUuFjSZWn5P2bqhE= =ycoe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_mail.dpilon.local-27249-1092335855-0001-2--