On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 11:07:39 -0500, Jeffrey Laramie <JALaramie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message <200312021107.39011.JALaramie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Tuesday 02 December 2003 10:53, Chris Brenton wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 10:33, Michael Gale wrote: > > > Inserting the following to the bottom of my firewall script: > > > > > > ### Causes all traffic to or from the box on either interface to > > > #be > > > dropped regardless of all other rules. > > > > > > iptables --policy INPUT DROP > > > iptables --policy OUTPUT DROP > > > iptables --policy FORWARD DROP > > > > Try: > > iptables -P INPUT DROP > > iptables -P OUTPUT DROP > > iptables -P FORWARD DROP > > > > Works for me on multiple firewalls using multiple interfaces. > > > > OK, now *I'm* confused. Aren't they the same command? ..supposely, according to the man page, but if OP is using a development version off his own cvs tree or somesuch, all bets are off. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
