On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 20:07:52 +0100 Kerin Millar <kfm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Self-correction follows ... > On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 14:32:39 -0400 > slow_speed@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > Thank you for that very good explanation. > > > > As it turns out, I am learning two ways at once. One is my desktop > > computer running Debian 10 which used nftables (and I believe > > nftables-persistent is built-in to the nftables mechanism). The other > > is a little Raspian server which is based on Debian 10, but does not use > > nftables. > > > > In the second case, one must reload iptables when changes are made to > > it. If I correctly understand, one must use sudo iptables -F, followed > > by sudo iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.up.rules (or wherever they > > are). Doesn't it need the little left arrow/less-than sign? Does that > > sound correct? > > Concerning wherever they may be, they would be at "/etc/iptables.rules.v4" in the event that you are using iptables-persistent. Of course, I meant to write "/etc/iptables/rules.v4" here. -- Kerin Millar