Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [gentoo-user] IPTables - Going Stateless

[Nick Khamis <symack@gmail.com>]

>> Looks like the packet never gets to the tcp chain. what is --syn?

It seems that way!!!! I am not sure what --syn is actually. But even
if I comment it out it does not work. Also, for testing I changed the
SSH rule to allow bidirectional traffic until this is fixed:

-A TCP -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT

As mentioned before everything works as expected until when I try to
close up the ports not included in the TCP and UDP chains:

#echo -e "       - Dropping input TCP and UDP traffic to closed ports"
-A INPUT -i $INTIF1 -p tcp -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-rst
-A INPUT -i $INTIF1 -p udp -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable

#echo -e "       - Dropping output TCP and UDP traffic to closed ports"
-A OUTPUT -o $INTIF1 -p tcp -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-rst
-A OUTPUT -o $INTIF1 -p udp -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable

#echo -e "       - Dropping input traffic to remaining protocols sent
to closed ports"
-A INPUT -i $INTIF1 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-proto-unreachable

#echo -e "       - Dropping output traffic to remaining protocols sent
to closed ports"
-A OUTPUT -o $INTIF1 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-proto-unreachable


Thanks in Advance,

Nick.