Hi,
I'm setting up a RedHat 8.0 box on the network with a static
address. It is a relatively uncustomized box other than running some
security updates and turning off unwanted services. I need to run
portmap, which is why I need to filter network access. I've created a
set of iptables rules, loaded them and saved them into
/etc/sysconfig/iptables using iptables-save. It's a simple setup-- no
NAT/masq, etc, just a simple port filter. I've tested it and it does
what I want. I go home and come back in the morning and run iptables
-L. All my rules are gone. I can reload the rules from
/etc/sysconfig/iptables, but its hard to convince my boss that a port
filter that deletes its own rules is a good thing. Is RedHat trying to
"help" me ala Windows? Is there some daemon that doesn't like my rule
set? I did not have this problem in RedHat 7.2. Thanks for any ideas.

Paul M.