[Nottingham] How to enable echo (for ping)

[Simon Huggins]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 04:43:16PM +0100, Tom Bird wrote:
> Try 'iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT' or some similar incantation.  Make
> sure 'lo' is actually up.

Won't he want -I INPUT instead of -A INPUT i.e. insert the rule as the
first one not append it to the end of the table so that it overrides any
subsequent rules which disable bits of lo or ICMP specifically.

Simon.

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