On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 6:31 PM, William L. Thomson Jr.
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 18:17 -0500, robert mckennon wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 5:35 PM, William L. Thomson Jr.
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> >> # Allow unlimited traffic on loopback
>> >> iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
>> >> iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT
>> >
>> > Where did you get the loopback stuff? I can't recall ever seeing
>> > loopback stuff in iptables before, which is why I ask :)
>> >
>>
>> Not sure where it came from, I'd have go google it again.
>
> I could be wrong, but pretty sure you don't need to do anything with lo.
> Not sure anyone has created a firewall on a loopback interface. Usually
> if you need such functionality will use a bridge and doing firewalling,
> packet inspection, etc on the bridge.
>
>> >> iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s 0/0 --sport 1024:65535 -d 10.11.248.119
>> >> --dport 1024:65535 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
>> >> iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -s 10.11.248.119 --sport 1024:65535 -d 0/0
>> >> --dport 1024:65535 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
>> >
>> > This should fail since your missing -m multiport, unless that is no
>> > longer necessary to specify.
>>
>> So  could this be why it's not working?
>
> What is not working, everything, or just the FTP your trying to get to
> work?
>

The ssh stuff is working, I can only ssh to the box from the private network,
but if I try and ftp to the external adx (173.165.202.120)  it times
out.  (give it a try)


> Looks like its a matter of syntax and what you have is correct. Testing
> has show you need multiport only when using commas in the port.
>
> First one works, second fails with output following
> wlt Desktop # iptables -A INPUT -p TCP -i eth0 --sport 1024:65535 -j ACCEPT
> wlt Desktop # iptables -A INPUT -p TCP -i eth0 --sport 1024,65535 -j ACCEPT
> iptables v1.4.10: invalid port/service `1024,65535' specified
> Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
>
> Change the last one to the following and it works :)
> iptables -A INPUT -p TCP -i eth0 -m multiport --sport 1024,65535 -j ACCEPT
>
> I think you still have to have multiport support in the kernel, with
> either syntax.
>
>> I have to head home to do some more testing from the external side.
>> I'll check my mail when I get there.
>>
>> Thank you for your reply!
>
> No problem, but if you are having problems. Might want to take it one
> step at a time. Do input rules before output. Drop the stateful stuff,
> and then add that back in once you know things are working. Also make
> sure to log anything dropped either way and look at that stuff. It will
> usually help you find out what you did wrong/right, etc.
>
>
> --
> William L. Thomson Jr.
> Obsidian-Studios, Inc.
> http://www.obsidian-studios.com
>
>
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