[Centos] Messing around with iptables

[scty Library]

No, that did not work either.


--- Dag Wieers <dag at wieers.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, scty Library wrote:
> 
> > I am messing around with iptables, trying to learn
> how
> > it works so that I can build my self a
> router/firewall
> > and mabey a VPN. Anyway I tried to use a command
> on my
> > Desktop CentOS3 machine.
> > 
> > "iptables -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -p icmp -j DROP"
> > 
> > now the command seems to have went through because
> I
> > didn't get any errors, but when I go to ping
> 127.0.0.1
> > I am getting a response and my packet loss is 0%.
> It
> > should be 100% packet loss.
> > 
> > Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong.  I am
> not
> > trying  to do anything yet, just want to learn by
> > exploring.
> 
> Try:
> 
> 	iptables -A INPUT -d 127.0.0.1 -p icmp -j DROP
> 
> Since you're pinging 127.0.0.1, that's the
> destination (-d) address, not 
> the source (-s) address.
> 
> --   dag wieers,  dag at wieers.com, 
> http://dag.wieers.com/   --
> [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are
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