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On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@greshko.com> wrote:
>
> On 07/01/14 08:11, JD wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> When I run /sbin/system-config-services
> I see that iptables is enabled, and that
> /etc/sysconfig/iptables contains the rules
> I want.
>
> However, after bootup, I open a terminal and
> run iptables -L -n
> and do not see those rules at all, and all
> the rules are in "ACCEPT" state.
>
> I have to resort to start iptables manually
> in order to install the rules I have in
> /etc/sysconfig/iptables.
>
> So, what needs to be done to force iptables to run
> and to use the rules I have in the iptables file?
>
>
>
>
>
> Directly after a reboot I would run....
>
> systemctl status iptables.service
>
> And, yeah, your emails are a bit hard to read.
>

# systemctl status iptables.service
iptables.service - IPv4 firewall with iptables
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/iptables.service; enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)

# iptables -L -n Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
INPUT_direct all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
INPUT_ZONES_SOURCE all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
INPUT_ZONES all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
ACCEPT icmp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
REJECT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 reject-with icmp-host-prohibited

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
FORWARD_direct all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
FORWARD_IN_ZONES_SOURCE all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
FORWARD_IN_ZONES all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
FORWARD_OUT_ZONES_SOURCE all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
FORWARD_OUT_ZONES all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
ACCEPT icmp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
REJECT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 reject-with icmp-host-prohibited

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
OUTPUT_direct all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0

Chain FORWARD_IN_ZONES (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
FWDI_public all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 [goto]
FWDI_public all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 [goto]

Chain FORWARD_IN_ZONES_SOURCE (1 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FORWARD_OUT_ZONES (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
FWDO_public all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 [goto]
FWDO_public all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 [goto]

Chain FORWARD_OUT_ZONES_SOURCE (1 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FORWARD_direct (1 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FWDI_public (2 references)
target prot opt source destination
FWDI_public_log all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
FWDI_public_deny all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
FWDI_public_allow all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0

Chain FWDI_public_allow (1 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FWDI_public_deny (1 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FWDI_public_log (1 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FWDO_public (2 references)
target prot opt source destination
FWDO_public_log all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
FWDO_public_deny all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
FWDO_public_allow all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0

Chain FWDO_public_allow (1 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FWDO_public_deny (1 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FWDO_public_log (1 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain INPUT_ZONES (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
IN_public all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 [goto]
IN_public all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 [goto]

Chain INPUT_ZONES_SOURCE (1 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain INPUT_direct (1 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain IN_public (2 references)
target prot opt source destination
IN_public_log all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
IN_public_deny all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
IN_public_allow all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0

Chain IN_public_allow (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT udp -- 0.0.0.0/0 224.0.0.251 udp dpt:5353 ctstate NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:22 ctstate NEW

Chain IN_public_deny (1 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain IN_public_log (1 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain OUTPUT_direct (1 references)
target prot opt source destination

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What I have in /etc/sysconfig/iptables:
# Firewall configuration written by system-config-firewall
# Manual customization of this file is not recommended.
*filter
:INPUT
ACCEPT[0:0]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
-A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -j DROP
COMMIT