Default behavior w/iptables disabled

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Joe Tseng wrote:
> I'm having problems configuring my firewall properly and I wanted to
> start fresh.  I zeroed out all my rules but my web client is still able
> to access my target web server.  I also turned off the firewall via the
> network config GUI and issued an /etc/init.d/network stop with identical
> results.  Does an F7 box with no rules allow all traffic through by default?
> 
Try running "service iptables stop" and "service ip6tables stop" and
see if that helps. It not only flushes the tables, but sets the
default policy to accept.

Mikkel
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