> > > While we're on the subject, how do you flush the routing table? I do a
> > > 'route -f' and it just returns the help screen telling me that a 'route
> > > -f' should do the trick. Odd.
> > >
> >
> > I do:
> >
> > ipchains -F input
> > ipchains -F output
> > ipchains -F forward
> >
> > Unless you have one chain which has no name (impossible) `ipchains -F'
> > won't do a thing. There is something vague to this effect implied in the
> > man page...
>
> It's my understanding that doing 'ipchains -F' flushes all the exisiting
> ipchains. Maybe I haven't had enough Mt. Dew this morning.
The man says:
-F, --flush
Flush the selected chain. This is equivalent to deleting
all the rules one by one.
Which seems to imply that you have to select a chain to flush.
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