Topic: Iptables?

[Paul F]

Can anyone shoot me in the right direction for making permanant iptable rules on SME 5.6U4?

On other distros I might just edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables

Thanks!

[Klaus Eckert]

why do you want to edit the rules by hand?

the rules are created "automatic" by SME.
the blocking (deny) rules are based on running services.
the forwarding rules are created by the port-forwarding-contrib.
the allow rules are created by the port-opening-contrib.
and so on.

there is no need to modify this rules.
and it's not a good idea to do it manually, becaus your changes might be overwritten by SME.

cheers klaus

[Paul F]

Well, I would like to know how to block access to specific IP addresses. I do not want to use SQUID and also I think that will only block port 80 anyway?

I want to add rules to block MSN auth, AIM, ICQ etc...

Thanks!

[Klaus Eckert]

this has been already discussed in this phorum.
do a search on MSN or "instant messages" or like that.
an don't forget to search for more than 30 days...

cheers klaus