On Friday 20 January 2006 13:41, James wrote:
> #for unlimited traffic on the loopback interface
> iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
> iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT

since I've done my "flushing" all my rules are nice and permissive ;)

dimon2 ~ # iptables -t filter -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination
dimon2 ~ # iptables -t nat -L
Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

So I doubt I need specific rules for "lo" or any other device except 
for NAT rules to redirect my traffic.

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Dmitry Makovey
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