My setup is I have my eth0 connected to cable modem and I have a dns, smtp, pop3 and a 
http server running inside the
network.

Thank you

Abjin


Ray Olszewski wrote:

> I prefer keeping these discussions on the list, so I've added leaf-user
> back in.
>
> The first general ACCEPT line you previously asked about is at the end of
> the input chain. It appears three rules below this rule:
>
>      0     0 DENY       all  ----l- 0xFF
> 0x00  eth0                           0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0  n/a
>
> which has the effect of DENYing all packets from the external interface
> (eth0) that were not handled by some prior rule. So the general ACCEPT line
> will only apply to packets coming from internal interfaces and should
> present no problem.
>
> Someone else will have to tell you why the default is to ACCEPT ospf
> packets; that I do not know.
>
> The second general ACCEPT, the one on the output chain, also follows a
> bunch of specific rules that should block all the departing packets you
> want to block. There may be a specific problem with some prior rule -- I
> didn't read through the ruleset that carefully --  but the closing ACCEPT
> rule applies only to packets that have run past these specific screens.
>
> More specific help would require my knowing more about your setup. I've
> responded based on your having a single external interface and a single
> internal interface. From the forward chain, it appears that you might be
> running a third interface and a DMZ, providing http and DNS services to
> offsite hosts and/or the LAN (and maybe POP3 to LAN hosts? but not an SMTP
> server?). The rules look OK for that, though the input chain could be a bit
> tighter (ACCEPT'ing only reply packets to the 1024:65535 ports ... though
> the real risk here is modest at worst).
>
>
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------"Never tell me the
> odds!"--------------
> Ray Olszewski                                        -- Han Solo
> Palo Alto, California, USA                              [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
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