Actually, I had -p tcp in the live example. I typed this into the e-mail and probably left it out; had I left it out on the ipchains command, I probably would have gotten an error. On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Patrick Fleming EA wrote: > On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > I know, but as soon as I make default policy to DENY on the input chain, > > all connectivity to the outside is lost. Here was a basic set of rules at > > my last test. > > ipchains -P input DENY > > ipchains -A input -i lo -j ACCEPT > > ipchains -A input -i eth0 -j ACCEPT > > ipchains -P forward DENY > > ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j MASQ > > ipchains -P output -j ACCEPT > > Now at this point I tried adding something like > > ipchains -A input -i eth1 -p ! -y --dport 1025:65535 -j ACCEPT > > Upon further thinking following a later response I *think* that you need > to add tcp after the -p. > ipchains -A input -i eth1 -p tcp ! -y --dport 1025:65535 -j ACCEPT > > It has been a while since I messed with ipchains. I was forced (my > own fault) to upgrade to iptables after a kernel recompile. Tables, IMO, > is far easier to configure once you get your mind wrapped around the > changes. I have far fewer rules, tables is stateful and works beautifully. > > > -- > Patrick Fleming, EA > Licensed to represent taxpayers > before Exam, Appeals, and Conference > divisions of the IRS > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >