> Hongwei Li wrote: >>> On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 14:27 -0500, Hongwei Li wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> 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: >>>> >>>> >>> You're also going to need to unblock ports for portmapper, mountd, >>> rquotad, and (maybe) rstatd and nfslockd. I don't use the last two on >>> my home systems. >>> >>> Create a file on the server at /etc/sysconfig/nfs that will bind mountd >>> and rquotad to fixed ports (I use 922 and 923, but you don't have to). >>> >>> [root@petrel ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/nfs >>> export MOUNTD_PORT=922 >>> export RQUOTAD_PORT=923 >>> >>> Then, in /etc/sysconfig/iptables, add the following rules (change the -s >>> address as appropriate, or remove it altogether): >>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p tcp --dport 922 -j ACCEPT >>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p udp --dport 922 -j ACCEPT >>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p tcp --dport 923 -j ACCEPT >>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p udp --dport 923 -j ACCEPT >>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p tcp --dport 111 -j ACCEPT >>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p udp --dport 111 -j ACCEPT >>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p tcp --dport 2049 -j ACCEPT >>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT >>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p >>> tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT >>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited >>> COMMIT >>> >>> >> >> Thanks a lot for you and Chris's help, I created /etc/sysconfig/nfs, did >> what >> you suggested and now it is working. >> >> A few more quations about iptables setting: >> >> 1. What's difference if I put some lines like >> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p tcp --dport 2049 -j ACCEPT >> before line >> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT >> or put it in between it and the following line: >> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited >> > The difference is performance. Once a connection table entry is > established all subsequent packets will be accepted when the > ESTABLISHED,RELATED... rule is hit. So placing that near the top, and > rules to decide what new connections to permit below it shorten the > rules traversed for the majority of packets. >> 2. When do we need to include "-m state --state NEW" or "-m state --state >> NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED" or "-m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED" in a >> line? >> Will they cause different functions? >> > Definitely different. If you allow all state NEW packets you are not > acting like a firewall because you are allowing any and all connections. > Stick to the accept on ESTABLISHED,RELATED for bulk of packets on > already permitted connections, and the use of NEW in rules that you are > evaluating whether to accept a connection or not based on what the > source and/or destination address/port are. >> 3. For those lines with "-m state --state NEW" etc., should I put them >> before >> line >> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT >> or after it? >> > After - the same reason as question 1. Not because you have to to make > it work, but because doing so is more efficient. Thank you very much for the explanation! Hongwei -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
