Hi , Even if you have not explained how this is setup , it seems very unlikely the issue with server1 could be the iptables FW ... ... I can only GUESS here since there is not enough data to be 100% sure . However there are not really any relevant difference in the rules for server1 and server2 , and the ruleset is not setup in what I would call best practice . In essence both rules allow for everything , except SMTP , HTTP , IMAP2 and IMAPS Unless your SQUID PROXY setup is using one of the 4 ports associated with the 4 services ( and normally it would not ) it should not be blocked . REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:smtp reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:http reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:imap2 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:imaps reject-with icmp-port-unreachable >From what I can understand all other rules are not needed / since they are covered by a DEFAULT ACCEPT in this "SETUP" You can normally verify this if you use the syntax "sudo iptables -nvL" This will show you hit counters statistics If you then try from outside "telnet server1 3128" ( you may need to change the port 3128 with whatever port your squid setup uses , but 3128 is normally the default ) Then when you another "sudo iptables -nvL" right after and none of the counters have increase for any DROP / REJECT rule Best regards André Paulsberg-Csibi Senior Network Engineer IBM Services AS -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: netfilter-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netfilter-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] På vegne av Peng Yu Sendt: lørdag 10. februar 2018 06.28 Til: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Emne: How to check why HTTP proxy is not accessible from outside? Hi, I have squid HTTP proxy running on both of the following servers (server 1 and 2). But the proxy service on server1 can not be accessed from outside. I am not familiar with the output of iptables. Could the difference explain why proxy on server1 is not accessible? Thanks. server1:~$ sudo iptables -L Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:smtp reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:http reject-with icmp-port-unreachable ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5900 ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5901 ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5902 ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5903 ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5904 ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5905 ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5906 ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5907 REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5900 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5901 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5902 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5903 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5904 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5905 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5906 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5907 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:imap2 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:imaps reject-with icmp-port-unreachable Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination server2:~$ sudo iptables -L Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5900 ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5901 ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5902 ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5903 ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5904 ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5905 ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5906 ACCEPT tcp -- localhost anywhere tcp dpt:5907 REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5900 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5901 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5902 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5903 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5904 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5905 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5906 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:5907 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:smtp reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:http reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:imap2 reject-with icmp-port-unreachable REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:imaps reject-with icmp-port-unreachable Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination -- Regards, Peng -- 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 ��.n��������+%������w��{.n����z���)��jg��������ݢj����G�������j:+v���w�m������w�������h�����٥