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> David Mathog wrote:
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> > Rebuilding the kernel is not a good option here, is there some other
> > way to work around this?
> > 
> 
> It appears that the kernel was built with
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_STATE=n 
> (or whatever the option was called back in 2.6.16; I have no systems
running 
> a kernel that old).

You are correct, it is not set.  However, another thing I do not
understand is why shorewall is setting the rule that triggers this
problem.  Reviewing, it came down to:

shorewall stop
shorewall clear
iptables --list
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination
/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
iptables: No chain/target/match by that name

Whereas on all other systems the /sbin/iptables command worked at the
same point.  I already tried setting

IP_FORWARDING=Off

and it still did that /sbin/iptables command.  What I really want here
is just:

Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
target     prot opt source               destination         

The two relevant pieces from policy are:

loc             net             REJECT
net             loc             DROP

I wonder, is it maybe the REJECT in the first line (no matter what the
/sbin/iptables command was doing)?  Changed that to DROP.  Hey,
shorewall started!   Nmap indicates that it's working.

Thanks,

David Mathog
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech

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