Ensuring network security when iptables encounters an error on network startup

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Issue

  • If a fully qualified domain name is inserted into an IPTables ruleset without being evaluated into its constituent A records, IPTables will fail into an open state, with default ACCEPT policies for all chains.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6

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