Hi Tom,

this system only hosts asterisk, nothing else.
It seems I don't need any helper, just normal conntrack for outgoing
connections (like HTTP for Debian APT).

Listing all helper in DONT_LOAD would work but I don't think I need any.
Can I just disable all helpers?

Kevin

Am Mi., 6. Feb. 2019 um 19:44 Uhr schrieb Tom Eastep <teas...@shorewall.net>:
>
> On 2/6/19 10:13 AM, Tom Eastep wrote:
> > On 2/6/19 9:50 AM, Kevin Olbrich wrote:
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> I read this article:
> >> http://shorewall.org/Helpers.html
> >>
> >> Currently I have some problems with an Asterisk installation and
> >> broken SIP packets (because they are generated by bots).
> >> While I try to debug this, I noticed that the SIP helper is active. As
> >> far as I understand, I don't need it because I have correct rules in
> >> place (also, I don't want the firewall to open ports based on the SDP
> >> for RTP as this is hardcoded in my setup).
> >>
> >> Should I set "AUTOHELPERS=Yes" to No in shorewall.conf?
> >>
> >
> > That isn't necessary. AUTOHELPERS=Yes simply associates those helpers
> > that are enabled with their respective protocol and port.
> >
> > As explained in the helpers article, to disable SIP you list the SIP
> > helper in DONT_LOAD, then list the helpers that you do want to load in
> > HELPERS.
> >
>
> For example, in my own configuration I have:
>
>   DONT_LOAD="nf_nat_sip,nf_conntrack_sip,nf_conntrack_h323,nf_nat_h323"
>
>   HELPERS="ftp,irc"
>
> That loads only the ftp and irc helpers.
>
> -Tom
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