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<font size="-1"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">hi <font
size="-1">all,<br>
<br>
<font size="-1">I have a problem with sysctl.conf<br>
<font size="-1">A week ago <font size="-1">I have modified
the file sysctl.conf for impleme<font size="-1">ting
security. <br>
N<font size="-1">ow, the machine is not reach<font
size="-1">ab<font size="-1">le via<font size="-1">
ping<br>
<br>
<font size="-1"><font size="-1">In iptables
configuration I have:<br>
<br>
-A INPUT -p icmp -s <font size="-1">111.<font
size="-1">111.111.111</font></font> -j
ACCEPT (my <font size="-1">home)</font><br>
-A INPUT -p icmp -s <font size="-1">222.222.222.222</font>
-j ACCEPT (my office)<br>
<br>
<font size="-1">also commenting <font
size="-1"><font size="-1">on all</font>
l<font size="-1">ines<font size="-1">
(#), the result <font size="-1">do<font
size="-1">es n<font size="-1">ot
change<br>
<br>
<font size="-1">at <font
size="-1">righ<font
size="-1">t time, <font
size="-1">I have
commented all<font
size="-1"> line<font
size="-1">s (#)
in sys<font
size="-1">ctl
but result
does not
change<br>
<font
size="-1">in
conso<font
size="-1">le,
<font
size="-1">after
<font
size="-1">the
change, I
gave:<br>
<br>
<font
size="-1"># <font
size="-1">s<font
size="-1">udo
sysctl -p<br>
<br>
<font
size="-1">where
<font
size="-1">is
the<font
size="-1">
problem<font
size="-1">?<br>
<font
size="-1">thanks
in advance<br>
<br>
<font
size="-1">cheers</font><br>
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