Hi,
when I run iptables -L in my box, it enlists as below:

ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp any
ACCEPT ipv6-crypt-- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT ipv6-auth-- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere 224.0.0.251 udp dpt:5353
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:ipp
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:135


isn't the first rule going to bypass all the remaining rules ?? In my view after the first rule gets processed, then all of the remaining rules never get processed as it allows everything... Am i correct ?

yes - correct.

a good way to test is run

to see which rules packet/byte counters are incrementing

with such a rule, there is not much point in having a firewall running

This is probably for your local loopback, if it's not there then you have to specify what ports on your machine your machine can connect to (this would cause a major headache if it would even work).

adm1329 is probably correct that it is your loopback interface.

However if you'd like to post your actual iptables file we can take a look at it.

Looking at what you posted I only see allow rules, so I am hoping that the default action for that chain is DROP?

nomb