Open Port - Linux Firewall

SBFree · 05-12-2006, 06:55 AM

Hi -
I would like to open port 3784 in my Linux Firewall which is used by a VoIP program ( Ventrilo ). The little I surmise so far is that I have to make a new entry in IPtables to allow this. My first guess is:
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --source-port 3784 --destination-port 3784 -j ACCEPT

I can't seem to find what the -j parameter does but all the tcp examples I've found have it. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Scott

ethics · 05-12-2006, 07:03 AM

Code:

man iptables

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iptables manpage

-j, --jump target
This specifies the target of the rule; i.e., what to do if the
packet matches it. The target can be a user-defined chain
(other than the one this rule is in), one of the special builtin
targets which decide the fate of the packet immediately, or an
extension (see EXTENSIONS below). If this option is omitted in
a rule, then matching the rule will have no effect on the
packet’s fate, but the counters on the rule will be incremented.