FC-2 iptables settings

[Timothy Murphy]

Scot L. Harris wrote:

>> When I installed FC-2 I was asked which firewall I wanted,
>> and I opted for the default Medium security.
>> 
>> Where are the settings for the 3 options I was offered?
>> Are they actually different iptables settings,
>> and if so where are they to be found?
> Yes it sets different things in iptables depending on the level.
> 
> There are as usual several ways to get this information.
> 
> You can look in the file /etc/sysconfig/iptables.  These are rules that
> are loaded when the system boots up or when you restart iptables.

As far as I can see, this contains the iptables actually in use.

> You can also issue the command:
> 
> service iptables status
> 
> This will show you what rules are currently active.

I know what rules are currently in action -
"iptables -L" tells me.
My question was - what iptables would I have
if I chose one of the other options?

As far as I can see, there are not actually alternative iptables -
choice of one of the other options presumably just affects
which applications are allowed to work?


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