[lug] RH8 iptables

[Hugh Brown]

On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 11:55, Nobuki Matsui wrote:
> Dear all,
> 	I would like to know if /etc/sysconfig/iptables file is
> self-contained in RH8.  Is there any other file that contains aliases or
> some sort?  I find it difficult to tune it and the RH firewall
> configuration GUI is too broad.  I'm also having a trouble letting smtp
> traffic coming through with RH8 even though it is explicitely stated in
> /etc/sysconfig/iptables file.  


They tend to punch dns through.  Best bet for finding it would be to do
grep -r iptables /etc/rc.d/*

and then look at the files it returns.

ipchains had a mode where you could test the rules, I assume iptables
has something similar.


Hugh