Hello, Thanks for the help so far -- it must of been the location I had placed the default policy in the file or maybe some other rule. But everything is working fine now. Michael On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:03:47 +0100 Arnt Karlsen <arnt@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > > > -- Michael Gale Network Administrator Utilitran Corporation
