On Monday 21 October 2002 9:48 pm, Ivan Rodriguez Aguilar wrote: > On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 15:27, Antony Stone wrote: > > On Monday 21 October 2002 9:12 pm, blah blah wrote: > > > I am having trouble with the following lines: > > > > > > -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -s 1.1.1.1 --dport 1234 -j > > > ACCEPT > > > -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -s 1.1.1.2 --dport 1233 -j > > > ACCEPT > > Yes the protocol what is tcp or udp ?? > example > > iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -s 1.1.1.1 -p tcp --dport 1234 -j > ACCEPT Why put "-p tcp" twice ? The order of "-p tcp" and "-s 1.1.1.1" doesn't matter. Antony. -- In science, one tries to tell people in such a way as to be understood by everyone something that no-one ever knew before. In poetry, it is the exact opposite. - Paul Dirac