FYI: http://easyfwgen.morizot.net might give you some ideas.. On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 16:08, Aly Dharshi wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I am new to the world of IPTables and I have rules such as: > > iptables -A INPUT -d 161.184.244.187 -i eth0 -p tcp -m state --state ESTABLISHED > -j ACCEPT > iptables -A INPUT -d 161.184.244.187 -i eth0 -p tcp -m state --state ESTABLISHED > -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTABLES TCP-IN" --log-level 1 > > Where can I see these logs, I assumed that they would be in /var/log/messages > but nothing shows. > > Secondly on this same box that is running this firewall I have a mail server > that just sends mail out, if I try to send a message from the box to the local > smtpd on the box it just sits there, these are all my rules: > > -A INPUT -d 161.184.244.187 -i eth0 -p tcp -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -d 161.184.244.187 -i eth0 -p tcp -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j LOG > --log-prefix "IPTABLES TCP-IN" --log-level 1 > -A INPUT -d 161.184.244.187 -i eth0 -p udp -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -d 161.184.244.187 -i eth0 -p udp -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j LOG > --log-prefix "IPTABLES UDP-IN" --log-level 1 > -A INPUT -d 161.184.244.187 -i eth0 -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport > 22 -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -d 161.184.244.187 -i eth0 -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport > 22 -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTABLES SSH-IN" --log-level 1 > -A OUTPUT -s 161.184.244.187 -o eth0 -p tcp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j > ACCEPT > -A OUTPUT -s 161.184.244.187 -o eth0 -p tcp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j > LOG --log-prefix "IPTABLES TCP-OUT" --log-level 1 > -A OUTPUT -s 161.184.244.187 -o eth0 -p udp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j > ACCEPT > -A OUTPUT -s 161.184.244.187 -o eth0 -p udp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j > LOG --log-prefix "IPTABLES UDP-OUT" --log-level 1 > > What am I doing wrong, should I have a rule to allow incoming 25 on tcp, as I > have listed the full hostname in the mail settings. > > Cheers, > > Aly. > > > -- > Aly Dharshi > aly.dharshi@xxxxxxxxx > > "A good speech is like a good dress > that's short enough to be interesting > and long enough to cover the subject" -- Roy W. Erickson Senior Systems Engineer Pixel Magic Effects 10635 Riverside Dr N. Hollywood, CA 91602 818.760.0862 erickson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx