Does this work? ( iptables )

From: Chris Lount (mrlount@nospam-tiscali.co.uk)
Date: 01/31/03 

From: Chris Lount <mrlount@nospam-tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 23:35:29 +0000

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Hi, I'm still pretty new to securing my system and I'm wondering if the
below iptables configuration works.

iptables -P INPUT DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT

I don't run any services on my machine and simply browse.

I assume that this will disallow any connections to my machine but I have a
feeling that I'm sorely mistaken.
If anyone can point out what, if anything, is wrong with this setup I'd like
to know what's wrong and why.

Thanks for any help.

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