On Wednesday 22 December 2004 15:06, Deepak Seshadri wrote: > Hello group, > > I make changes in the /etc/sysconfig/iptables file and then do a "service > iptables restart". Would this interrupt the established connections through > the firewall? Provided that 'service iptables restart' does not unload the conntrack module, then the established-connections table will not be reloaded - you will likely have a second or two of no connectivity while the ruleset is reloaded, though. Cheers, Gavin.