Can't get iptables firewall working correctly
- by Jay
I'm setting up a new Centos 5.6 system and can't get my iptables firewall to work correctly. it won't let me use SSH through it. I'm new to Centos but not to Linux or iptables.
I've been removing things until I have isolated the problem. I set up the firewall with a default ACCEPT rule for the INPUT chain. I can connect through to the server fine. If I change the command to only allow traffic from the interface connecting to my trusted network it stops working.
Working:
iptables -A INPUT -s 0/0 -d 0/0 -j ACCEPT
Failing:
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 0/0 -d 0/0 -j ACCEPT
I've double checked the ip address I'm using corresponds to eth0 using ifconfig.
Any ideas where I went wrong?
