On Thursday 19 January 2006 19:23, jludwig wrote: > On Thursday 19 January 2006 17:56, Richard Emberson wrote: > > What happens to existing connections if one reconfigures the > > machine's IpTables? > > Add a new rule? > > Remove a rule? > > Blow away configuration and set a new one? > > Add a host/port mapping? > > Remove a host/port mapping? > > > > Thanks > > > > RME > > > > -- > > This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and > > may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, > > disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended > > recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all > > copies of the original message. Oh! By the way there are scripts that add and subtract rules on the fly to block addresses trying unsuccessfully to access a system. It is also a simple matter to add and subtract rules manually.