Extreme Newb here so please be kind. My office is full of Macs and Windows boxes. My IT staff and I only "dabble" in Linux when we get a chance.

So, we're trying to build a simple Firewall/Gateway out of Ubuntu. We have a machine with 2 NICs running the latest version: 10.04.

We have been able to set up the gateway/routing fine using both the built in Internet Connection Sharing as well as using Guidedog. The current setup we are testing is using Guidedog.

For the NICs we have set eth0 as our internet connection and eth1 connects to the LAN. We've manually set all IPs...no DHCP at this time.

Next we try to install a firewall. We have tried both Firestarter and Guarddog. After setup with either, the Ubuntu box is still able to get online and access web sites but the LAN gets cut off. No access at all. We are currently running Guarddog and have set the proper protocols (DNS, HTTP, HTTPS) and have also followed the tutorial found here.

However, no matter what settings we make as soon as we re-enable the firewall the LAN is cut off. Disable the FW...LAN is back online. We even set up an "Allow All" protocol allowing all ports from 1:65535 and still we get cut off as soon as the FW is enabled.

We saw this same thing happen with Firestarter and my understanding is they're using the same basic Linux FW underneath? SO, what is it we're neglecting to do? Why does the FW completely seal off our LAN connection no matter what we've told it to allow?

Ultimately, here's the layout we're after:

Internet (T1) <> Firewalled Ubuntu <> LAN

Thanks in advance!

Hi, welcome to LQ!

You're quite right - all (well, almost) firewalling programs
for Linux are merely front-ends to iptables. At the end of
the day the rule-set your tool creates will be translated
into iptables rules, which then enforces them.

To assess what's happening with your config I suggest you
run
and post the results here.


Cheers,
Tink

Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT all -- sdsinc-sightmax 10.55.1.255
ACCEPT all -- 10.42.43.1 10.42.43.255
logaborted tcp -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED tcp flags:RST/RST
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp destination-unreachable
ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp time-exceeded
ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp parameter-problem
nicfilt all -- anywhere anywhere
srcfilt all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp destination-unreachable
ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp time-exceeded
ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp parameter-problem
srcfilt all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain OUTPUT (policy DROP)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp destination-unreachable
ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp time-exceeded
ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp parameter-problem
s1 all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain f0to1 (5 references)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:tcpmux:65535 state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:tcpmux:65535 state NEW
logdrop all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain f0to2 (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:tcpmux:65535 state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:tcpmux:65535 state NEW
logdrop all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain f1to0 (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:1024:5999 dpt:https state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:1024:5999 dpt:ftp state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:tcpmux:65535 state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:domain state NEW
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:domain
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:tcpmux:65535 state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:1024:5999 dpt:www state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:1024:5999 dpt:http-alt state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:1024:5999 dpt:8008 state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:1024:5999 dpt:8000 state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:1024:5999 dpt:8888 state NEW
logdrop all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain f1to2 (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:tcpmux:65535 state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:tcpmux:65535 state NEW
logdrop all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain f2to0 (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:1024:65535 dpt:https state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:1024:65535 dpt:ftp state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:tcpmux:65535 state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:domain state NEW
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:domain
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:tcpmux:65535 state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:1024:65535 dpt:www state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:1024:65535 dpt:http-alt state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:1024:65535 dpt:8008 state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:1024:65535 dpt:8000 state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:1024:65535 dpt:8888 state NEW
logdrop all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain f2to1 (5 references)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:tcpmux:65535 state NEW
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:tcpmux:65535 state NEW
logdrop all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain logaborted (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
logaborted2 all -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 1/sec burst 10
LOG all -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/min burst 1 LOG level warning prefix `LIMITED '

Chain logaborted2 (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
LOG all -- anywhere anywhere LOG level warning tcp-sequence tcp-options ip-options prefix `ABORTED '
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED

Chain logdrop (8 references)
target prot opt source destination
logdrop2 all -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 1/sec burst 10
LOG all -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/min burst 1 LOG level warning prefix `LIMITED '
DROP all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain logdrop2 (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
LOG all -- anywhere anywhere LOG level warning tcp-sequence tcp-options ip-options prefix `DROPPED '
DROP all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain logreject (0 references)
target prot opt source destination
logreject2 all -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 1/sec burst 10
LOG all -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/min burst 1 LOG level warning prefix `LIMITED '
REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere reject-with tcp-reset
REJECT udp -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
DROP all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain logreject2 (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
LOG all -- anywhere anywhere LOG level warning tcp-sequence tcp-options ip-options prefix `REJECTED '
REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere reject-with tcp-reset
REJECT udp -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
DROP all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain nicfilt (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
RETURN all -- anywhere anywhere
RETURN all -- anywhere anywhere
RETURN all -- anywhere anywhere
RETURN all -- anywhere anywhere
RETURN all -- anywhere anywhere
logdrop all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain s0 (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
f0to1 all -- anywhere alien-ubuntu.sds.local
f0to1 all -- anywhere 10.55.1.255
f0to1 all -- anywhere 10.42.43.1
f0to1 all -- anywhere 10.42.43.255
f0to1 all -- anywhere localhost
f0to2 all -- anywhere 192.168.1.0/24
logdrop all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain s1 (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
f1to2 all -- anywhere 192.168.1.0/24
f1to0 all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain s2 (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
f2to1 all -- anywhere sdsinc-sightmax
f2to1 all -- anywhere 10.55.1.255
f2to1 all -- anywhere 10.42.43.1
f2to1 all -- anywhere 10.42.43.255
f2to1 all -- anywhere localhost
f2to0 all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain srcfilt (2 references)
target prot opt source destination
s2 all -- 192.168.1.0/24 anywhere
s0 all -- anywhere anywhere