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When I boot with Firestarter GUI opened, iptables becomes empty at the next session (outbound policy = ACCEPT)

Asked by Nabor Oliveira

My computer runs with firewall rules set using Firestarter. So, when I start my system every day, usually I type "sudo iptables -L" to see if it is running. It's usually running (the command returns with a long list of rules).
But, when I open Firestarter GUI in a session and reboot without closing it, next time I run "sudo iptables -L" it returns:

# sudo iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

If I close Firestarter GUI before rebooting, iptables rules are still set on the next session (I run "sudo iptables -L" and it returns all the rules that I have set).
Is that a bug? It is very annoying closing Firestarter every time I shutdown my computer.

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seisen1 (seisen-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

That might be a bug because I use firestarter and have never had that problem. Check the bug reports and see if anybody else has posted something similar.

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