On 19/10/02 13:30 +0530, Sandeep Agarwal (Hotmail) wrote:
> Dear All, Quarries in IPCHAINS
Ok, I'll dig.

> I have installed squid / IPCHAINS. Following need to be clarify.
> 
> 1. which protocol is OK in case of port 53(domain) TCP or UDP
>     under IPCHAINS? I have done with tcp.
DNS, you mostly need udp, but for larger queries,, tcp is used. So you
need both.
 
> 2. Should I enable ICMP for all the time or it's create a security
>     hole in Network?
Your choice, ICMP type 3 should be allowed usually, drop the rest. If
you don't know what you are doing, allow ICMP. You could ruin your
network otherwise.

> 3. Can we restrict ICMP to any port? Currently I have not mentioned
>     any port.
ICMP has no ports.
 
> 4. If we stops the ICMP than how I can use it when we require
>     ping to other hosts ( On Internet) for checking?
See the ICMP types.
 
> 5. Ping to 209.61.156.111 is working but ping to mail.usaplnet.com
>     is not working from client system. what I have to do to working
>     the same. However it's working from server.
Get your DNS working.

Devdas Bhagat


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