Re: [libvirt-users] The firewall just doesn't make any sense

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:52:20PM +0200, Sven Schwedas wrote: > Could *somebody* shed some light on how the firewall is supposed to > work? I haven't even managed to get trivial firewall rules to work. As > mentioned, the examples in the documentation generate completely > nonsensical rulesets, and if I try writing my own, they make even less > sense. > > For example: >> <filter name='test-eth0' chain='root'> >> <rule action='drop' direction='in' priority='900'> >> <all state='NEW'/> >> </rule> >> </filter> > > Generates the following iptables rules: https://up.tao.at/u/DE7E2638.txt > > ...and will not filter anything. NB 95% of the rules libvirt creates are done at the ebtables level rather than iptables/ip6tables.

Daniel