[CentOS] Question on iptables

Mon Jan 27 12:43:21 UTC 2014
Joseph L. Casale <jcasale at activenetwerx.com>

> I have a rule in iptables to drop certain packets from addresses, like:
> 
> iptables --list | grep 37
> DROP       all  --  37.0.0.0/8           anywhere
> 
> So I am wondering how this got through???
> 
> [Jan 27 02:36:52] NOTICE[9298][C-000005ce] chan_sip.c: Call from '' (
> 37.8.28.217:10024) to extension '888888011972592871997' rejected because
> extension not found in context 'default'
> 
> Shouldn't the firewall have dropped it?

Without more info, no one can help. Iptables are processed top down, have you
allowed something less specific above? A subnet, a protocol etc?