Re: myfirewall help

[varun_saa@vsnl.net]

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey Laramie <JALaramie@Loudoun-Fairfax.com>
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:27 pm
Subject: Re: myfirewall help

> On Thursday 27 January 2005 05:13, varun_saa@vsnl.net wrote:
> > Hello,
> >       My server is Mandrake 10.1
> > eth0 is WAN with static IP connected to 512k DSL
> > eth1 is LAN
> >
> > I am trying to write iptables rules and I am
> > stuck with some error.
> >
> > My iptable file is as follows :
> >
> > # Generated by iptables-save v1.2.9 on Thu Oct 21 05:32:36 2004
> > *nat
> >
> > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
> > :PREROUTING ACCEPT [0:0]
> > :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [0:0]
> >
> > -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
> > COMMIT
> > # Completed on Thu Oct 21 05:32:36 2004
> > # Generated by iptables-save v1.2.9 on Thu Oct 21 05:32:36 2004
> > *mangle
> >
> > :PREROUTING ACCEPT [32056:3889577]
> > :INPUT ACCEPT [32010:3885659]
> > :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
> > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [31637:4617585]
> > :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [31639:4618071]
> >
> > COMMIT
> > # Completed on Thu Oct 21 05:32:36 2004
> > # Generated by iptables-save v1.2.9 on Thu Oct 21 05:32:36 2004
> > *filter
> >
> > :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
> > :INPUT DROP [0:0]
> > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
> >
> > -A INPUT -j ACCEPT
> > -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -j ACCEPT
> > -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -i eth1 -o eth0 --dport 3128 --sport 80 -j 
> ACCEPT> -A INPUT -p udp -m udp -i eth1 -o eth0 --dport 3128 --sport 
> 80 -j ACCEPT
> > COMMIT
> > # Completed on Thu Oct 21 05:32:36 2004
> >
> > When I am trying to save I get the following error :
> >
> > iptables-restore v1.2.9: Can't use -o with INPUT
> 
> The error message gives you the answer. You can't use the -o 
> parameter on the 
> INPUT chain since by definition the destination is always the local 
> host. 
> Remove "-o eth0" from your rules.
> 
> Jeff

I am writing firewall rules for the first time.
 
I am writing rules using webmin -> networking -> linux firewall.

First what do you think of the rule.

Second is it Ok to just remove -0 eth0.

Please feel free to correct me.

Thanks

Varun