On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 01:26 +0000, tony.chamberlain@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Any way to have IP tables always allow itself (its IP address) without > having to change the > table every time you change a machine's IP address? Besides 127.0.0.1 > that is, because, > say a machine is 10.0.0.80. If 10.0.0.80 is not in IP tables, then > you can still send if you send > to 127.0.0.1 but not if you send, as we sometimes have to, from > 10.0.0.80 to 10.0.0.80. > If you put 10.0.0.80 and then change the IP address you have to change > IP table. > Take a look at the -i and -o options and simply assign them to the "interface", say eth0.... HTH, --Rob
