ipchains problem

[ddm at mclinux.com (Derek Martin)]

On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Peter Farrar wrote:

>      Oops.  Well, perhaps the ipchains -F should start the process.  And I 
>      agree the default should come before the rest of the chain,
> 

Yes... I do this in my script.  It's not really necessary, but it's
convenient while debugging your script, so that you start fresh simply by
re-running it, rather than adding copies of rules to your chains (YUCK)!


-- 
Derek Martin
System Administrator
Mission Critical Linux
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