Steve Thanks for the email. Let me rerephrase my question. Perhaps I wasn't clear.... How can you have a rule on your INPUT chain that only allows your local box's IP address if "local box IP address" can change without notice due to your DSL ISP's decision? Chris On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 11:16:55PM -0500, Steve Mickeler wrote: > > Thats what the INPUT and OUTPUT chains are for. > > They are for packets destined to and orignated from the local box running > iptables. > > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 seberino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > My iptables script filters incoming packets. > > > > One filter is whether the destination address is > > MY machine. > > > > How do this if IP address changes uncontrollably > > like with DHCP?? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Chris > > > > -- > > _______________________________________ > > > > Dr. Christian Seberino > > SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego > > Code 2872 > > 49258 Mills Street, Room 158 > > San Diego, CA 92152-5385 > > U.S.A. > > > > Phone: (619) 553-9973 > > Fax: (619) 553-6521 > > Email: seberino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > _______________________________________ > > -- _______________________________________ Dr. Christian Seberino SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego Code 2872 49258 Mills Street, Room 158 San Diego, CA 92152-5385 U.S.A. Phone: (619) 553-9973 Fax: (619) 553-6521 Email: seberino@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________
