From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John A. Sullivan III" Subject: Re: iptables and hostnames. Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:02:38 -0400 Message-ID: <1159974158.3036.22.camel@localhost> References: <4523B349.20009@gabrix.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4523B349.20009@gabrix.ath.cx> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: gabrix Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 15:12 +0200, gabrix wrote: > What is the reason why if i use this iptables: > > # (APACHE) > > $IPT -A INPUT -p tcp -d x.gabrix.ath.cx --dport 80 -m state --state ! > > INVALID -j ACCEPT > > $IPT -A INPUT -p tcp -d tor.gabrix.ath.cx --dport 443 -m state --state > > ! INVALID -j ACCEPT > the hostnames you see get resolved to their pubblic ips.This is on an > inside lan pc but this doesn't happen on the gateway pc right before it > where iptables says it can't resolve the hostnames .Why this ?I have > debian sarge kernel 2.6 on all machines. > Thanks ! What is the DNS for the gateway? Have you allowed the gateway to send DNS in the OUTPUT chain? - John -- John A. Sullivan III Open Source Development Corporation +1 207-985-7880 jsullivan@opensourcedevel.com If you would like to participate in the development of an open source enterprise class network security management system, please visit http://iscs.sourceforge.net