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--- In magnia_sg20@yahoogroups.com, mikekoelle <no_reply@y...> wrote:
\n> playing around with adding my own firewall rules.
\n>
\n> I figured i might as well set up one to block ping requests, so i
\n> made a new folder in the firewall folder and put the folowing in
\nthe
\n> rule file:
\n>
\n> $IPTABLES -A INPUT -p ICMP -icmp-type echo-request -j DROP
\n>
\n> I enable the check box in the web admin page and it process and
\nsays
\n> everything is fine but it doesnt seem to work.
\n>
\n> When i poke around in the firewall rules with webmin it seems there
\n> are already rules to minimize a ping flood?
\n>
\n> So i assume since it is already set to keep from getting pinged to
\n> death so it wont allow me to add a rule to stop pings all together?
\n>
\n> I was hoping to make a rule in the magnia admin webpages so i can
\n> turn allowing pings on or off just by checking or unchecking a
\nrules
\n> box. Is there anyway that i can do that or am i beat unless i go
\n> mucking around the iptables myself?