>WRONG! ;-)
>
> # For IPTABLES ONLY...
> ipchains -P input DENY
>
># For IPCHANINS ONLY...
>iptables -P input DROP
>
>See also: ipchains(1), iptables(1), RTFM, STFW

I was actually RTFM'ing, I got a book, and for some f'd reason the first two
example scripts have bad commands (i.e. the ones you saw me trying to use)
Then the scripts later on in the chapter are the correct syntax.