Re: [tlug] iptables logging broken by default in RH73?

[Jim Tittsler <jwt-tlug@example.com>]

On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 05:17:29PM -0400, Josh Glover wrote:
> Is iptables broken out of the box in Redhat 7.3? I cannot get it to work 

No.

> iptables -P INPUT DROP
> iptables -A INPUT -j DROP
> iptables -A INPUT -j LOG
> 
> But I when I ping localhost, I get no love in /var/log/messages, which 
> is where logging is supposed to occur, AFAIK. I know that things are at 

The order of the rules matter, and DROP ends the table
traversal for a packet.  Move the LOG rule before the DROP rule.



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