On Wednesday 05 May 2004 4:27 pm, Oriol Magrané wrote:
> Hello!
> Just one question...
> I have a firewall with the INPUT, OUTPUT and FORWARD policies set to
> DROP, and now I want to allow connections from localhost to localhost (any
> port). Which chains are implied here? INPUT? OUTPUT? Both? How should the
> needed rule(s) be?
Yes, you need to allow the packets out through OUTPUT, in through INPUT, and
the interfaces will both be lo.
If in doubt, just add some LOGging rules and see what happens when you try to
send packets.
Regards,
Antony.
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