[Tfug] iptables puzzle

[ewf]

Thanx,
       I'll check that out. Yes, INPUT/OUTPUT are alive & well
The line I gave in the 1st email works OK on the other box,
(the one I'm using to send this e-mail), but host sage is the
machine with the problem.

                                                                              
Erich


Adrian wrote:

>On Thursday 10 November 2005 20:41, ewf wrote:
>[snip]
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>>Namely:
>>sage:~# iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
>>
>>I get:
>>iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
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>Well.... I assume that iptables is actually running so the INPUT/OUTPUT/etc. 
>chains actually exist.... do a iptables -nvL to confirm.
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>If so, then I think you are required to give an interface for the state to be 
>effective. I have this on my firewall for this purpose:
>
>-A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
>
>Adrian
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