I have read the iptables tutorial and have a little understanding of how the rules work, and how they are written, but i'm still a little confused on where the rules actually go. Some refer to /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall, l and others say /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables. I found a script I would like to use, it seems to be simple but well put together. In the tutorial the say you can cut and paste them into your /etc/rc.d/init.d/ iptables script, and then run the command service iptables save, so I opened the script with kwrite, and there is quite a few commands already in there, so do i delete everything that's already in the script, or do I paste them into a specific place.

currently running mdk 9.1

thanks

to be on a safe side just put it into /etc/rc.d/rc.local file and put all statements in there, but note if you are configuring firewall through iptables system script, take care of not duplicating or erasing other rules

In mandrake the iptables init.d script saves your firewall settings in /etc/sysconfig/iptables. All you have to do is simply configure your firewall at the command line using the iptables command and then use:

service iptables save

That saves your firewall in /etc/sysconfig/iptables and it will get reloaded whenever the iptables init.d script is started.

thanks that makes it esier to understand