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 > transmission errors] > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at caosity.org > http://www.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail