Re: iptable in fc5

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> Hongwei Li wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 14:27 -0500, Hongwei Li wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have a question about iptables in fc5. I have iptables 1.3.5-1.2
>>>> installed.
>>>> By default, the iptables has a line
>>>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type any -j ACCEPT
>>>> ... and
>>>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
>>>>
>>>> I try to add the port 2049 for our lan nfs by adding aline before the
>>>> above
>>>> reject line:
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You're also going to need to unblock ports for portmapper, mountd,
>>> rquotad, and (maybe) rstatd and nfslockd.  I don't use the last two on
>>> my home systems.
>>>
>>> Create a file on the server at /etc/sysconfig/nfs that will bind mountd
>>> and rquotad to fixed ports (I use 922 and 923, but you don't have to).
>>>
>>> [root@petrel ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/nfs
>>> export MOUNTD_PORT=922
>>> export RQUOTAD_PORT=923
>>>
>>> Then, in /etc/sysconfig/iptables, add the following rules (change the -s
>>> address as appropriate, or remove it altogether):
>>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p tcp --dport 922 -j ACCEPT
>>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p udp --dport 922 -j ACCEPT
>>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p tcp --dport 923 -j ACCEPT
>>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p udp --dport 923 -j ACCEPT
>>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p tcp --dport 111 -j ACCEPT
>>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p udp --dport 111 -j ACCEPT
>>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p tcp --dport 2049 -j ACCEPT
>>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
>>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p
>>> tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
>>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
>>> COMMIT
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot for you and Chris's help, I created /etc/sysconfig/nfs, did
>> what
>> you suggested and now it is working.
>>
>> A few more quations about iptables setting:
>>
>> 1. What's difference if I put some lines like
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p tcp --dport 2049 -j ACCEPT
>> before line
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
>> or put it in between it and the following line:
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
>>
> The difference is performance.  Once a connection table entry is
> established all subsequent packets will be accepted when the
> ESTABLISHED,RELATED... rule is hit.  So placing that near the top, and
> rules to decide what new connections to permit below it shorten the
> rules traversed for the majority of packets.
>> 2. When do we need to include "-m state --state NEW" or "-m state --state
>> NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED" or "-m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED" in a
>> line?
>> Will they cause different functions?
>>
> Definitely different.  If you allow all state NEW packets you are not
> acting like a firewall because you are allowing any and all connections.
> Stick to the accept on ESTABLISHED,RELATED for bulk of packets on
> already permitted connections, and the use of NEW in rules that you are
> evaluating whether to accept a connection or not based on what the
> source and/or destination address/port are.
>> 3. For those lines with "-m state --state NEW" etc., should I put them
>> before
>> line
>> -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
>> or after it?
>>
> After - the same reason as question 1.  Not because you have to to make
> it work, but because doing so is more efficient.

Thank you very much for the explanation!

Hongwei


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