Hy, if I'm trying to use state match with the above mentioned statement to allow only established and/or related connections, but also new connections get through! Full statement is:
iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTERNAL_INTERFACE -o $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -p tcp --source-port 1025:65500 --destination-port 1025:65500 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -s $LAN -j ACCEPT with the (naturally) the reverse statement for incoming connections. If I use this statement also connections initiated from a port >1024 to a port > 1024 comes through the firewall not only a related or established one! Anybody any ideas? Greetings Michael