Re: IPtables??

From: David (thunderbolt01@netscape.net)
Date: 04/04/02


From: David <thunderbolt01@netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 13:02:39 -0600

Wipe_out wrote:
> Hi..
>
> I just used Firestarter to configure my IPtables firewall and it all seems
> to run through quite smoothly..
>
> When I went to the console and ran "iptables -L" id get lots of entires
> similar to the folowing..
>
> LD all - - x.0.0.0/8 192.168.1.0/24
> (where the "x" value starts at 1 and goes up missing out some numbers on the
> way)
>
> What is this and why does it seem to be checking up on the internet when
> listing these??
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>

 From the one IP range you show they are "IANA - RESERVED" IP's. If you
want to take a look at where it is checking try these without the quotes.

  "whois IANA*@whois.arin.net"
  "whois RESERVED*@whois.arin.net"

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