Re: [gentoo-user] IPTABLES syntax change?

["Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>]

On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 11:28:15AM +0000, Graham Murray wrote

> The problem is not really the OP's fault. The problem is that if you
> have tables with the form "-m state --state XXX" at the point you
> upgrade, iptables-save (quite possibly called automatically by
> /etc/init.d/iptables stop) will save it as "-m state --state" - ie
> 'forgetting' which state(s) the rule applies to.

  Thanks for pointing that out.  I looked back at an archived version,
and it had stuff like...

-A ICMP_IN -p icmp -m state --state NEW -j UNSOLICITED
-A TCP_IN -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp -j UNSOLICITED
-A UDP_IN -p udp -m state --state NEW -j UNSOLICITED

  I.e. new external connection attempts were rejected, except for my
lan which bypasses this rule so I can scp/ssh etc between my machines.
No wonder I was puzzled by what I saw.

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications