Newbie: need help with table rules

[Jean-Christian Imbeault <jc@mega-bucks.co.jp>]

I've written my first set of iptable rules but they're still buggy =) I 
keep locking myself out. So I'm trying to enable logging to see why I 
can't SSH to my box but I can't seem to get logging to work.

I have set the default policy to DROP and added only ACCEPT rules, so 
nothing gets DROPPED or REJECTED before making to the last (logging) 
rule. The last rule should LOG anything that didn't match ... but I 
can't find any iptables entries in /var/log/messages ...

Two questions:

#1 why isn't logging working
#2 What is wrong with my rules :)


My network setup is like this:


LAN ---- FIREWALL ---- WAN
  |          |
  |          |
JC        LINUX

I don't control the Firewall. But it's settings are fine I think since I 
can connect from JC <-> LINUX just fine. But if I try my iptable rules I 
lock myself out.

The services I'd like to allow access to are:

HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, DNS from anywhere and
SSH from JC --> LINUX

My rules are:

IPT="/usr/local/sbin/iptables"
LINUX="x.x.x.x"
JC="x.x.x.x"

for i in filter
do
   $IPT -t $i -F
   $IPT -t $i -X
done

$IPT --policy INPUT   DROP
$IPT --policy OUTPUT  DROP
$IPT --policy FORWARD DROP

# Loopback accepts everything
$IPT -A INPUT  -i lo   -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A OUTPUT -o lo   -j ACCEPT

# Allow all other icmp
$IPT -A INPUT  -p icmp -j ACCEPT

# Allow previously established connections
$IPT -A OUTPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED        -j ACCEPT

# HTTP, HTTPS
$IPT -A INPUT  -p TCP -s 0/0 -i eth0 -d $LINUX --dport 80  -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT  -p TCP -s 0/0 -i eth0 -d $LINUX --dport 443 -j ACCEPT

# SSH FROM JC --> LINUX
$IPT -A INPUT  -p TCP -s $JC -i eth0 -d $LINUX --dport 22  -j ACCEPT

# SMTP
$IPT -A INPUT  -p tcp --dport 25 --syn -m limit --limit 1/s 
--limit-burst 10 -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT  -p tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT

# DNS
$IPT -A INPUT  -p tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT  -p udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT

# LOG anything that didn't get accepted ...
$IPT -A INPUT  -p tcp --syn -m limit --limit 5/minute -j LOG --log-level 
debug --log-prefix "Firewalled packet:"

My /etc/syslog.conf has this entry to send all debug messages to 
/var/log/firewall:

kern.debug /var/log/firewall

Yet even when I telnet to my machine I don't see any iptables related 
messages ...

What did I miss to get logging enabled? (and if anyone can spot why I 
can't SSH to my box from my PC (JC) please let me know ;)

Thanks,

Jc