iptables has amnesia :-)
Don Russell
fedora at drussell.dnsalias.com
Fri Aug 24 14:06:41 UTC 2007
Don Russell wrote:
> Twice now, I've applied new rules using iptables -I... to accept
> specific traffic, and each time those rules "disappeared" a little
> while later...
>
> I don't see anything in "man iptables" like "... and don't you forget
> it!"
> (Of course maybe I missed it...)
>
> This is FC7.... using the cli iptables commands from root.... I also
> used webmin with the same effect.
>
> Why are the new rules not remembered?
>
> Thanks
>
For anybody following this saga.... the problem is not with "iptables",
but with "firestarter", or the combination of the two.
A new bug is born:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=254147
(It is cross-referenced with the original bug I filed against iptables,
and the iptables one closed)
Don Russell (OP)
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