On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 19:22 -0500, Louis E Garcia II wrote: > I have setup a print server with fc3 an able to print from a fc4 > workstation. However when I start the firewall I am unable to print. The > default redhat iptables rules allow only udp/631 in. If I change that to > tcp printing works normally. > > Is the default wrong? why is udp open and not tcp? What is the proper > rule to allow remote printing? tcp is needed; Internet Printing Protocol works just like http (and in fact you can connect to it using a browser - http://your.print.server:631/ - to manage jobs etc.). Paul.
