[ale] ipchains

[Glenn C. Lasher Jr.]

Try this:

ipchains -A input ! -y -j ACCEPT

This might need a little bit of tweaking, but the gist of it is this:  Add
to the input chain a rule accepting packets that are not sync packets.
This should allow return traffic.


 On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Martin Nichols wrote:

> Good Morning,
> I have constructed a simple ipchains firewall on my home RH 6.2 box. By
> default ihave input=DENY as a policy, however this policy will not allow
> return packets back to my system. Does anyone know the proper syntax for such
> a rule? My external interface is ppp0.
>
> Thank You,
> Marty
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