On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:12:00 +0000, Antony Stone <Antony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message <200312241112.00560.Antony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Wednesday 24 December 2003 11:03 am, ads nat wrote: > > > The moment I set "iptables -P INPUT DROP" > > System hangs. > > Are you working on a local keyboard + screen, or via a remote ssh > session? > > If you are on a network connection, then of course an empty ruleset + > default DROP policy will block your connection. ...so you will wanna set up a rule set that allows you to finish setup of the firewall, before you set up the drop policy. ;-) -- ..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.
