iptables has amnesia :-)

[Don Russell]

Don Russell wrote:
> Twice now, I've applied new rules using iptables -I... to accept 
> specific traffic, and each time those rules "disappeared" a little 
> while later...
>
> I don't see anything in "man iptables" like "... and don't you forget 
> it!"
> (Of course maybe I missed it...)
>
> This is FC7.... using the cli iptables commands from root.... I also 
> used webmin with the same effect.
>
> Why are the new rules not remembered?
>
> Thanks
>

For anybody following this saga.... the problem is not with "iptables", 
but with "firestarter", or the combination of the two.

A new bug is born:  
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=254147
(It is cross-referenced with the original bug I filed against iptables, 
and the iptables one closed)

Don Russell (OP)