Okay Okay I have seen a lot of message about iptables and I'm sorry if this is a bit of a re-post but here goes .....

I'm running Redhat 9 and have the network security set on high (via the gui) but customised to allow ssh and http. The only problem is that this must allow access on http over port 80, I would also like to allow access over port 8080. I have switched off the security via the gui and can acess my web page over port 8080 so I know that this is where the problem lies.

Does anyone know how I make a perminate change to allow http port 8080?

Thanks in advance,

Jamie

enable/allow https (via gui) or do the classic

Thanks Ciccio

I have given that command a go but it has not resolved the problem, any other ideas?

Thanks again,
Jamie

port 8080 is used by https, so if you enable the service via GUI (I-m not at my computer right now, but once I get home I'll give the gui a try and let you know) you should be able to access it. Also, make sure you are giving the right parameters to iptables, for example, the interface -i should be eth0 or eth1, depending on your confioguration.

Oh, also you should make sure you are using tcp and not udp, if so you should use -t udp instead of -t tcp

Thanks again.

'-t' did you mean '-p' ?

I gave this command a go just in case but it did not make a difference:

iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p udp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT

I also checked my ifconfig to confirm that I am using eth0 which I am.

yes, -p. sorry.

Oh, well... it was worth the shot. I'll get back to you on this a bit later today.