iptables on FC11

[Christopher K. Johnson]

paul van der meij wrote:
> I upgraded from FC9 to FC11 (new install) but iptables is behaving 
> strange. My /etc/sysconfig/iptables file shows a number of ports as 
> accept, but nmap tells a different story. e.g. imap port 143 is closed 
> in nmap (and in truce), open in iptables file.
> I did use the iptables GUI to configure.
>
> Any idea what I am overlooking.
>
> greetings, Paul van der Meij
What does 'netstat -atn' tell you?  If iptables allows connections to 
tcp 143 but there is no application listening on the port, that could 
explain what you describe.

Chris