how to know if firewall on?

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mike a écrit :

> iptables is not a command on my linux box.  is it located somewhere i 
> can run it or can i do a differnt way?

Or it's not in your path (usually /sbin/iptables), or it's not 
installed. On a FC3, in a console

[user at server]$ rpm -qi iptables
Name        : iptables                     Relocations: /usr
Version     : 1.2.11                            Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 3.1.FC3                       Build Date: Thu 11 Nov 2004 
01:07:24 PM CET
Install Date: Thu 18 Aug 2005 01:22:43 PM CEST      Build Host: 
dolly.build.redhat.com
Group       : System Environment/Base       Source RPM: 
iptables-1.2.11-3.1.FC3.src.rpm
Size        : 378919                           License: GPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Thu 11 Nov 2004 04:06:40 PM CET, Key ID 
b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL         : http://www.netfilter.org/
Summary     : Tools for managing Linux kernel packet filtering capabilities.
Description :
The iptables utility controls the network packet filtering code in the
Linux kernel. If you need to set up firewalls and/or IP masquerading,
you should install this package.

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Daniel