I think you need this, iptables -I INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type 8 -j ACCEPT You can also do -j LOG to see what makes it to a certain place in the chain. Bryan On Jun 15, 2013, at 7:38 PM, Alex Flex <aflexzor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I have the following simpel stateless firewall... the issue is iam not able to send ICMPs queries from within the machine. What could I modify or add for this to be able to happen . Also iam only intending to run a HTTP service and DNS service is it fine the way it is? > > Also, I intend to keep the script stateless not wanting to use conntrack at all. > > Thanks > Alex > > > #!/bin/bash > > /sbin/iptables -F > /sbin/iptables -X > > /sbin/iptables -P INPUT DROP > /sbin/iptables -P FORWARD DROP > /sbin/iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT > > #Accept SSH > /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s 204.199.62.74 --dport 22 -j ACCEPT > > /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 1000:65535 -j ACCEPT > /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT > /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT > /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT > > > -- > 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