Re: Too scared....

[Ralf Hemmann <ralf@core-dump.de>]

Hy

> I hope someone can take my paw and help me through the iptables setup,
> because I'm a bit scared of the possibility of locking myself out of my
> box...

I know what you mean and be shure - if you do not use a "roll back system"
you WILL lock you out of your server ;-))


Try to make your Firewall script like this:


!/bin/bash


#  Deadmans Switch
# like in german railways.
# The driver has to press a
# button when its buzzing.
# If the driver dont push the button the
# Train stops


case "$1" in

start)


   # your rules her
   # iptables -t nat bla


# At the verry end of start put something like this:

echo "Are you dead ?

answer with Ctrl C

"

sleep 4
echo "2 more"
sleep 4
echo "1 to go"
sleep 4

echo "OK open firewall"

iptables -P INPUT ACCPET 
iptables -P OUTPUT ACCPET
iptables -P FORWARD ACCPET

iptables -F
iptables -F -t nat

;;

stop )

# bla bla

;;


*)

echo "usage $0 Start | Stop "

esac