Re: IPtables question

Adrián Ribao wrote:

Hi, I have some questions about iptables.
I have added some rules to the firewall, but when I restarted the
computer, they weren't there. Is this normal?
What should I do to add the rules permanently?
And another question. After add a rule, should I restart the firewall or
something like this for the new rules take effect?

Thank you.

IPTABLES is pretty arcane. Another poster suggested a frontend. The one I
use is called guarddog, and I found it very helpful. You pick the services
that you want to have access the the local network and to the internet, and
it maintains all of the lower-level iptables and netfilter rules for you,

Good luck with it.

.

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