why is iptables still filtering after i disable the firewall?

[NoOp]

On 09/15/2010 09:23 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Sep 2010, NoOp wrote:
> 
>> On 09/15/2010 07:54 AM, Tom H wrote:
>> > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>> ...
>> >> and while the forwarding rules shouldn't affect this, how can i simply
>> >> disable the firewall entirely?  if i invoke "gufw" and disable the
>> >> firewall, shouldn't that do it?
>> >
>> > How about "ufw reset" and/or "ufw disable"?
>> >
>>
>> Or '$ man ufw' :-)
>> http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/man8/ufw.8.html
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW
> 
>   i *did* a "ufw disable" and still had filtering in the forwarding
> chain, which i found confusing.

Sorry, should have had a second cup of coffee before replying...

Perhaps this will be of help:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo
[Disabling the firewall]
for future issues.