The default firewall script in FC4

[Craig White]

On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 14:44 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Claude Jones wrote:
> 
> > If you install Shorewall or Firestarter, make sure you turn OFF the basic
> > firewall that's installed with FC - otherwise you'll end up with shadowed
> > rules and inexplicable issues.
> 
> How do you turn it off?
> There does not appear to be a firewall service.
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service iptables off
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> 
> I am using shorewall, and didn't turn anything off,
> and don't seem to have any "inexplicable issues" ...
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not sure about this myself. I suppose that if firestarter were loaded
before the iptables service, the iptables service probably flushes the
current ruleset when it loads, thereby losing any rules that you may
have configured. Seems to be prudent advice

Craig