Thanks guys, that fixed my network problem on above... Nice, helping and educative forum --- On Wed 09/08, Edward < edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: From: Edward [mailto: edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] To: usmany@xxxxxxxxxx, fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 17:57:15 +0800 Subject: Re: Linux Firewall on FC1 <br><br>usmany@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:<br><br>> Thanks guys for helping and advicing me on how to go about setting my DNS and DHCP on my previous post, now I need more insight on above.<br>> <br>> What are the things needed, accept/activate on above, i.e. firewall. Fisrt, I rejected accepting ICMP while others are accepted...<br>> <br>> Can someone help advice on what will be accepted and rejected on the firewall?<br><br>I reject the following ports:<br><br>icmp<br>SSH (22)<br>FTP (21)<br>Telnet (23)<br>SMTP (25)<br>Finger (79)<br>POP (110)<br>Ident (113)<br>Windows NetBIOS (137-139)<br>IMAP (143)<br>NT/2000 SMB (445)<br>SOCKS (1080)<br>PPTP (1723)<br>uPnP (5000)<br>PCAnywhere (5631)<br>Remote Grab (7000)<br><br>The rest are accepted only when a connection has been established FROM <br>my PC (conntrack module).<br><br>Just to give you an idea.<br><br>Regards,<br>Ed.<br><br><br> _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!