Iptables problem with allowing http - Solved

[Mark Weaver]

Claude Jones wrote:
> Thanks, again to those who made suggestions. I just tried my site from 
> work, and it's up. This am, I tried the following. I had configured the 
> web services on my firewall during installation of FC3. This am, I 
> turned off the firewall using the FC3 'Security level' tool under System 
> services. This flushed all the rules in iptables. Then I ran the script 
> I'd generated again, saved it, and in this way, implemented only the 
> rules I'd created with the script. Now, it's working. Apparently, there 
> was some conflict created by the two sets of rules being implemented at 
> the same time.
> 

makes sense. sounds like they were canceling each other out and not 
allowing any traffic across that port.

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Mark
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