Linux Firewall: Simple Shell Script To Stop and Flush All Iptables Rules

 
#!/bin/bash
# Linux Firewall: Simple Shell Script To Stop and Flush All Iptables Rules
# Some Linux distros like Debian do not have /etc/init.d/iptables stop script
# This can be also called from cron job if you are testing new firewall on
# remote box to avoid lock out
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# Copyright (c) 2004 nixCraft project <http://cyberciti.biz/fb/>
# This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above
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# This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC)
# Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information.
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iptables -F
iptables -X
iptables -t nat -F
iptables -t nat -X
iptables -t mangle -F
iptables -t mangle -X
iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT

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