Thanks for the suggestion, that is exactly what happened. I was misled by an internet suggestion that nmap was a good tool to check iptables configuration, but that is not true. iptables -L gives the correct information
Paul 2009/10/13 Christopher K. Johnson <[email protected]> > paul van der meij wrote: > >> I upgraded from FC9 to FC11 (new install) but iptables is behaving >> strange. My /etc/sysconfig/iptables file shows a number of ports as accept, >> but nmap tells a different story. e.g. imap port 143 is closed in nmap (and >> in truce), open in iptables file. >> I did use the iptables GUI to configure. >> >> Any idea what I am overlooking. >> >> greetings, Paul van der Meij >> > What does 'netstat -atn' tell you? If iptables allows connections to tcp > 143 but there is no application listening on the port, that could explain > what you describe. > > Chris > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >
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