On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 10:34, Benjamin Case wrote: > I have just completed the the installation of IPTABLES in Debian based on > Russel's "Packet Filter" documentation. > > I am now attempting to create the rules that Russel has provided in the > "Rusty's Really Quick Guide To Filtering". > > Unfortunately I am receiving an errror. > > polm:/etc# iptables -N block > polm:/etc# iptables -A block -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT > iptables: No chain/target/match by that name > > When I do an iptables -L , I can see the "block" chain. > > Why does the second command return an error ? > <snip> Strange, it works fine for me. Is there any chance that you do not have connection tracking enabled? What happens if you try to create the same rule but for the FORWARD chain? - John -- John A. Sullivan III Chief Technology Officer Nexus Management +1 207-985-7880 john.sullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --- If you are interested in helping to develop a GPL enterprise class VPN/Firewall/Security device management console, please visit http://iscs.sourceforge.net
