[Techtalk] iptables query - fairly ungent!

[Devdas Bhagat]

On 28/09/04 01:50 +0100, David Sumbler wrote:
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> Anyway, it seems that 'iptables -L', on its own, is a bit useless!

Its a quick ruleset summary, enough to give you a fair idea of what is
happening.

> By the way, am I interpreting this correctly in thinking that an
> external 'ping' will produce a useful response?

Yes. Don't block ICMP unless you know what you are doing, you can
break things rather badly.

Devdas Bhagat