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→Investigation 8: How do I view and configure the IPTABLES firewall? -- Basic Function/Configuration
* Fully test your configuration.
{{Admon/note | |When your iptables service starts or at boot time it has to load the rules from the file <code>/etc/sysconfig/iptables</code>.}}
* Make a backup of the file <code>/etc/sysconfig/iptables</code>
* Examine the file to see how rules are added.
* Enter in your 2 new rules created above.
{{Admon/caution | Carefull! | Remember mistakes in iptables can have a significant impact on your system. Make sure you are '''appending the rules to the INPUT chain'''}}
Open a text editor and write a script that will accomplish the above task for you when you run it. Show the script to your professor and execute it.
