Http connections left in FIN_WAIT1...

[Brian Atkins <batkins@tlcdelivers.com>]

I am in the process of testing connectivity through my firewall.  I have 
a server on my inside network that is being natted at the firewall from 
a public address to our internal, private address space (rfc1918).  
Using a box from the outside (www), I am able to connect to the server 
(ala links2).  The data transfer starts and I get the message "Received 
0 B of 1.4 kB, avg 0 B/s ...", but it times out after a couple of 
minutes.  On the server side, I see the connection being established, 
but stops at FIN_WAIT1.  Internally, the page displays just fine on a 
box very similar to the external box.

Iptables, at the moment, only has rules to allow specific ports (80,443) 
from the outside with a state of NEW, ESTABLISHED, or RELATED. Going 
back the other way, pretty much everything is allowed with an 
ESTABLISHED, or RELATED state.  I don't have any rules doing tcp resets, 
only accept or log/reject.

Brian