flush iptables with 'iptables-apply' on ubuntu

Question

The following entries are used to flush the iptable rules:

/sbin/iptables --policy INPUT ACCEPT

/sbin/iptables --policy OUTPUT ACCEPT

/sbin/iptables --policy FORWARD ACCEPT

/sbin/iptables -F

Is it possible to place the above in any file(/etc/iptables.rules) so that I can use

iptables-apply -t 60 /etc/iptables.rules

to avoid misconfiguration?.

c10k Consulting · Answer 1 · 2010-10-07 02:54:23Z

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your /etc/iptables.rules file should look like this :

:INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]

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answered Oct 7 '10 at 2:54

	Then how about "iptables -F"? – user53864 Oct 7 '10 at 4:35
	iptables-apply flushes the rules prior to applying them anyway.... – c10k Consulting Oct 7 '10 at 4:46
	Ok!. Is it possible to log iptables other than logging in syslog? – user53864 Oct 7 '10 at 5:36

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