i am needing to open my FTP ports to access my website to upload new content but my box won't let me out and i also need to open the ports used for remote connection in windose XP...

basiclly i need some help with the Ipchains commands i need to open ports 20,21 to ftp

running mandrake 8.2 with internet connection sharing


thanks

I am sure you'll be using iptables with Mandy 8.2... correct me if it's wrong tho'...

At the beginning of your FORWARD & INPUT chains, a 'state' rule should ACCEPT all RELATED/ESTABLISHED traffic back in; and you should have the ip_conntrack_ftp and ip_nat_ftp modules loaded to assist, usu manually.

do iptables-save to get a currently active rule listing on the screen, and look for
-A FORWARD -i eth~ -m state --state RELATED/ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
somewhere in the first 1 or 2 rules. The eth~ should be the external interface. (in FORWARD and/or INPUT)

Also do lsmod and look for the two ftp modules..
To get them in, needs the Security/firewall manager and the /etc/init.d scripts.
The init.d script for iptables will have a reference to MODULES=
Both the ftp modules need to be found by that reference...

The Remote Desktop/Terminal server port is 3389

what is mandrake 8.2 using (firewall/security)?

I don't use it myself, but there is a gui based Control Centre which has firewall options...