IPTables

[keith morse]

p p wrote:
> Another question for the group. Is it ok to manually edit the iptables 
> file (etc/sysconfig/iptables) and just restart the iptables service?  
> Ive done this so far and it seems to be working ok. Is there some reason 
> I should be using the iptables command to add things instead?  Thanks.
> 
> 

Shouldn't be any problem as long as you keep the syntax correct. 
Personally I use fwbuilder to manage my rulesets rather than by hand.