On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 01:14:13PM -0700, kate wrote: > so the drop-all would be..? > > iptables -A INPUT -p TCP -i eth0 -s 0/0 -j DROP > > or did I just invent my own thing here? > tia > Kate well--the standard way would be to set the policy of the built-in chain to DROP; i.e., iptables -P INPUT DROP the same can be achieved by making the last rule in the chain a drop rule, like iptables -A INPUT -j DROP but that gets messy if you want to append rules "on the fly" so the policy method is preferred. -j -- Jason Opperisano <opie@xxxxxxxxxxx>