iptable in fc5
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Mon May 15 20:43:55 UTC 2006
Hongwei Li wrote:
>>Hongwei Li wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>> Sorry that I hit the Send before I finish it.
>>>
>>> I have a question about iptables in fc5. I have iptables 1.3.5-1.2
>>>installed.
>>> By default, the iptables has a line
>>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type any -j ACCEPT
>>> ... and
>>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
>>>
>>> I try to add the port 2049 for our lan nfs by adding aline before the above
>>> reject line:
>>>
>>>-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 128.252.85.0/255.255.255.0 -m state --state NEW -m
>>>tcp -p tcp --dport 2049 -j ACCEPT
>>
>>
>>That rule will only match the initial packet of the stream. You will
>>also need to match states ESTABLISHED and RELATED:
>>
>>-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 128.252.85.0/255.255.255.0 -m state --state
>>NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -p tcp --dport 2049 -j ACCEPT
>>
>>
>>
>>>-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
>>>
>>>and restart iptables. But my other linux boxes cannot mount the exported
>>>folder. If I stop the iptable, then they can mount it. I tried to open
>>>several other ports: 137, 139, etc. But as long as the last line is there,
>>>it
>>>always failed. If I comment out the last line, then nfs works.
>>>
To find out what may be missing you may want to try tcpdump. Make sure
to use the -nn option so that ports are displayed as numbers rather than
names. This should show you just which ports are being expected.
In the meanwhile, please post the output of iptables-save. This will
show us your current firewall settings.
>>>What is "icmp-host-prohibited"
Just what it says. You are prohibited from accessing this host.
How to set it to allow some requests? It
>>>seems that it is different from in fc4. Is there any link for iptables in
>>>fc5
>>>where I can learn more?
>>>
>
>
> I tried:
>
> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 128.252.85.0/255.255.255.0 -m state --state
> NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -p tcp --dport 2049 -j ACCEPT
> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
>
> and for other ports 137,139 etc. Still the same: as long as the last line is
> there, nfs does not work. Comment it out, problem is gone.
>
> I will try what Arthur suggested; firestarter. But, I still want to
> understand what "icmp-host-prohibited" means and where to set it.
> Thanks!
>
> Hongwei
>
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