Re: custom firewall configuration

[Greg Golin <greg golin gmail com>]

Romeo,

service iptables save

This shall save the custom rules you apply to /etc/sysconfig/iptables
so that when iptables starts, it reads the new rules you have applied.
I suggest adding a cron job that flushes the rules every five minutes
for the duration of configuration just to make sure you're not locked
out.

You can also look here for help:
http://www.siliconvalleyccie.com/linux-hn/iptables-intro.htm

Regards,
G

On 12/29/05, Romeo Theriault <romeotheriault gmail com> wrote:
> The built-in RedHat firewall has been working good but it isn't
> meeting our needs anymore. I would like to customize it to make it a
> little more secure. What is the appropriate way to do this. Do I just
> turn it off and create my own init.d scripts? The /etc/sysconfig/
> iptables files has a line about not recommending editing it? So what
> is the recommended way of further editing the firewall?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Romeo Theriault
>
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