Re: [chat] Joke

[Jobst Schmalenbach <jobst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 05:29:54PM +1000, Steve Kowalik (stevenk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 01:59:49PM +1000, marty@xxxxxxxxxx uttered:
> > > invisible ink <jdub@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > What do you call remote Linux firewall administration?
> > > 
> > > Rusty Roulette.

[snip]

> But you can be safe in the knowledge that if you can't get in, neither can
> anybody else...
> (Not perfectly true, but still a nice thought.)

but then you need to:

iptables -F
iptables -X
iptables -Z
iptables -A FORWARD -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT   -j DROP
iptables -A OUTPUT  -j DROP


What fun is that?




jhs


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