Re: multiport needs `-p tcp', `-p udp' - Why?

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>> On 02/27/2010 10:06 AM, ratheesh k wrote:
>>> Port is in Layer 4 of protocol stack .
>
> Very useless response ...
>

Very true .
No more top posting . I did it by mistake .sorry.

Thanks,
Ratheesh



On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Mart Frauenlob
<mart.frauenlob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 27.02.2010 17:17, netfilter-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> U'll have to let me know why "-p udp" is needed when the chain can only
>> have udp packets, and therefor can only process udp packets.
>>
>> I dont want to test over (( and over ) and over ) again when I know that
>> the packet is already KNOWN to be from eth1 and of protocol UDP.
>
> now if we add -p icmp -j PRE_UDP,  what should iptables do now?
>
> use 'ferm' if you are too lazy to write iptables rules:
> http://ferm.foo-projects.org/
>
>>
>> adding "-p UDP" to multiport does make iptables happy, but appears to be
>> a useless test.
>>
>> On 02/27/2010 10:06 AM, ratheesh k wrote:
>>> Port is in Layer 4 of protocol stack .
>
> Very useless response ...
>
>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:33 PM, U. George<netbeans@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>> In order to get to the chain, the protocol, as well as the interface
>>>> must
>>>> match. PRE_UDP if already filtered for "-p udp" . So why does multiport
>>>> require another check for -p udp? Does it really need to have that
>>>> option in
>>>> order for it to work?
>>>>
>>>>> + /sbin/iptables -t filter -N PRE_UDP
>>>>> + /sbin/iptables -t filter -A INPUT -i eth1 -p udp -j PRE_UDP
>>>>> + /sbin/iptables -t filter -A PRE_UDP -m multiport --dport
>>>>> 137,138,139,512,514,515,1433,1434 -j DROP
>>>>> iptables v1.4.5: multiport needs `-p tcp', `-p udp', `-p udplite', `-p
>>>>> sctp' or `-p dccp'
>>>>> Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
>
>
> TOP POSTING is <-- censored -->...
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