Dear All, I have a machine first I run this command service iptables restart Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ] Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter [ OK ] Unloading iptables modules: [ OK ] Applying iptables firewall rules: [ OK ] Loading additional iptables modules: ip_conntrack_netbios_n[ OK ] Next when I run this command vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables to insert new ports it gives me a blank page is this normal?
newbie, You can't create rules by putting them in that iptables file. You create rules by typing: Code: iptables and rules here Looks like you don't know much about that firewall software. Why don't you use APF instead? It's based on iptables and much much easier to configure If you really really want to use iptables, read this pretty good and informative page: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Iptables
