Thanks for your help ! Please explain why these two acting differently. On #2 I can login as anonymous, but ls. Can I combine two rules into one ? 1/ -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp -m tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT 2/ -A INPUT -m state --state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -p tcp -m tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT --- Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >On Wednesday 2008-04-09 00:01, Minh Cao wrote: > >>Hi, > >>Is that matter if I placed the options/extensions > ( -m > >>and -p ) in different orders ? > > > >No, but it matters between multiple -m. > > On Wednesday 2008-04-09 11:23, Ukeme Noah wrote: > >Howdy, > >The last two, the ones using the state machine > might give you problems if > >you use only those without specifying to allow > established ssh connections. > > > >So, I'd suggest you add ,ESTABLISHED right after > NEW to make the line > > Adding random states to rules of which you do not > have the context > is unlikely to be fruitful. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > "unsubscribe netfilter" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html