Thanks Geoff!! This would definitely help. So can there cannot be a master rule on the which would prevent all ip adresses except one.(machine A)? Thanks! Rohit On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Geofrey Rainey <Geofrey.Rainey@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > You want something like this: > > Iptables -A INPUT -s machine_A -p tcp --dport 1521 -j ACCEPT > > This rule means allow access to port 1521 from IP machine_A. > Of course this rule alone will not prevent all-and-sundry from > Connecting to the server on any port, so you'll need to add > Many more rules to secure your server. > > Regards, > Geoff. > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rohit khaladkar > Sent: Monday, 20 October 2008 8:10 p.m. > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Restrict access to a particular server. > > Hi All,I have two machines with Red Hat linux 5.2 installed of which one > is a database server running Oracle 10.0.4 on it. I need a iptable rule > which would make sure that only the other machine would have access to > it. > > For eg : If I have two macihnes, machine A and machine B, of which > machine B is a database server, can I setup a iptable rule on machine B > , which would allow access to the database only by machine A. > > Please help. > > Thanks! > Rohit Khaladkar > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > ========================================================== > For more information on the Television New Zealand Group, visit us > online at tvnz.co.nz > ========================================================== > CAUTION: This e-mail and any attachment(s) contain information that > is intended to be read only by the named recipient(s). This information > is not to be used or stored by any other person and/or organisation. > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
