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@ 2006-02-21 17:12 Jarry
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From: Jarry @ 2006-02-21 17:12 UTC (permalink / raw
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Hi,

I'm trying to configure some basic iptables rules, and came across
to "state" module. Could someone please explain me, what is the main
difference between using "--state ESTABLISHED" and "!--syn" options
in iptables?


I thought I will define rules for incomming ssh-connections as:

iptables -A INPUT  --sport 1024:65535 -d $MY_IP --dport 22 -p tcp -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -s $MY_IP --sport 22 --dport 1024:65535 -p tcp !--syn -j ACCEPT

If I substitute the second rule with:

iptables -A OUTPUT -s $MY_IP --sport 22 --dport 1024:65535 -p tcp -m state
--state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT

would it be the same? Or should I combine --state ESTABLISHED with !--syn ?

Jarry
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