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diff --git a/all_new_2018/linkable_etc_files/server/etc/iptables/rules.v4 b/all_new_2018/linkable_etc_files/server/etc/iptables/rules.v4
index f568789..6899ef6 100644
--- a/all_new_2018/linkable_etc_files/server/etc/iptables/rules.v4
+++ b/all_new_2018/linkable_etc_files/server/etc/iptables/rules.v4
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@
 :INPUT DROP [0:0]
 :FORWARD DROP [0:0]
 :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
+# otherwise self-referential connections to local host will fail
 -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
+# tolerate any inbound connections requested by our server, no matter the port
+-A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
+# this enables ping etc.
 -A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT
+# SSH
 -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
+# HTTPS in theory, in practice my second SSH port, see sshd_config
 -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
--A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
--A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-COMMIT
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+COMMIT
+# this last line is here because iptables-restore ignores the final command if no newline follows it
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