  | | | help me in IPTABLES | help me in IPTABLES 2007-07-18 - By Budi Febrianto
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Vivek Mangal wrote: > hello all, > > Can you help me to understand iptables Problem in below line > > iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp -o eth0 --dport 53 --sport 1024:65535 -j ACCEPT > > iptables -A INPUT -p udp -i eth0 --sport 53 --dport 1024:65535 -j ACCEPT > > I have confeusion that in first line Destination Port is 53 and Source > Port 1024 > to 65535 > means any request come from 1024 to 65535 ports goes to 53 port. > > And in second line Destination Port is 1024 to 65535 and Source Port 53 > means any request come from 53 port goes to 1024 to 65535 ports. > > it open all 1024 to 65535 and 53 ports then what the use of Iptable ? > > Please help me........ > > Vivek Mangal
you can disregard the INPUT line and put INPUT with ESTABLISHED, RELATED instead. something like iptables -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
Budi Febrianto www.indomino.net/blog
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