iptables -A INPUT -i lo -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
If your firewall has a policy of DROP for any traffic that is not explicitly allowed then this rule would not work for any thing other than the first packet. Try using this instead: iptables -A INPUT -i lo -m state --state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -m state --state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT I'm just shooting from the hip here, but that would be my first guess. Grant. . . .
