[ale] Ipchains question

[baoha at sensoria.com (Bao C. Ha)]

??
You 
will have to clear it first.
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class=723001823-27062001>ipchains -P input ACCEPT
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class=723001823-27062001>ipchains -F input
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class=723001823-27062001>Then
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class=723001823-27062001>ipchains -A input -p icmp -j ACCEPT
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The 
deny rule was there first.?? It takes precedence over 
the
next 
ACCEPT rule to be added.
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class=723001823-27062001>Bao
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  <FONT face=Tahoma 
  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: owner-ale at ale.org 
  [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Chris FowlerSent: 
  Wednesday, June 27, 2001 3:57 PMTo: 
  'ale at ale.org'Subject: [ale] Ipchains question
  ipchains -A input -p icmp -j DENY 
  Will deny all icmp packet to my system. 
  ipchains -A input -p icmp -j ACCEPT 
  will not turn back on allowing of those packets.?? 
  What did I do wrong? 
  Thanks, Chris Fowler??<FONT 
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