Why doesn't redhat-config-securitylevel's iptables rules work? If I turn off EVERYTHING (www, ftp, ssh, etc) and save, and even manually restart iptables (# /sbin/service iptables restart) other computers on my network can access www (even on weird, non-standard ports with http servers on them) ftp, ssh, etc. So whats the point of even including that tool if it doesn't do anything? I dont understand how it just flat out doesn't work. I have no idea how iptables works, and because there's no documentation out there for beginners who just want a script that's for eth0 with a simple www, ssh and ftp server(s), Im stuck using rh's tools, which don't do anything. there's no security here. Can anyone help?
