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Old 09-11-2008, 08:20 AM   #1
tolkali
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iptables confusion


Can any one help me by explaining about few of my queries.?
in below examples. I have taken these lines from my file /etc/sysconfig/iptables (I have gone lot of tutorials about iptables but I could not get answer of these following.

-A INPUT -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT (what this line intending to saying?)
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
(what is mean by -m ?)

-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type any -j ACCEPT
(what is mean by --icmp-type?)

-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p esp -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p ah -j ACCEPT
(what is man by -p esp, and -p ah ? and what is the propose of these two lines?)

-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -d 224.0.0.251 -p udp -m udp --dport 5353 -j ACCEPT
(Why this specific ip -d 224.0.0.251 is in my iptable file? what it is indicating it?)

-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
(what is the explanation of this line?)

-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT

(in above line what is mean by
-1
-m state
-- state NEW
again -m
)
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
(what is the explanation of this above line?)
 
Old 09-11-2008, 10:20 AM   #2
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Hi, tolkali. Welcome to LinuxQuestions.
This is something you might read that will answer your questions. On that site you will also find downloadable versions of the tutorial.
 
Old 09-12-2008, 06:12 AM   #3
tolkali
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Thanks Berhanie!! The document link you have provided is very much interesting and I love to go through it. If I can not understand again I will speak here.
Thanks for your support.
 
Old 09-12-2008, 06:21 AM   #4
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Very good, tolkali. I'll see you around the forums, then. Good luck, and welcome.
 
  


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