Re: unknown arg --syn

["hare ram" <hareram@sol.net.in>]

Hi

iam using redhat 8.0
better u upgrate Iptables to 1.2.7
its works fine

hare
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Mastin" <kmastin@beechtree.ca>
To: <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 5:07 AM
Subject: unknown arg --syn


> This should be so simple, yet it's eluding me... a simple iptables script
> on a protected machine, with a few rules where the syn flag is set
> returns an error:
>
> rule example (lives all on one line in script):
>  iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 192.168.0.167/32 --destination-port 22
>   --syn -j ACCEPT
>
> the error when the script is run:
>  [root@spy root]# sh ./iptables-rules
>  iptables v1.2.5: Unknown arg `--syn'
>  Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
>
> sure enough, no mention of --syn in iptables -h
>
> from man iptables:
>  [!] --syn
>  Only match TCP packets with the SYN bit set and the ACK and FIN bits
>  cleared.  Such packets are used to  request  TCP  connection initiation;
>  for  example,  blocking  such packets coming in an interface will prevent
>  incoming TCP connections, but outgoing TCP connections will be
>  unaffected.  It is equivalent to --tcp-flags SYN,RST,ACK SYN. If the "!"
>  flag  precedes  the  "--syn", the sense of the option is inverted.
>
> I also replaced --syn with --tcp-flags SYN,RST,ACK SYN, which resulted in
> the error:
>  [root@spy root]# sh ./iptables-rules
>  iptables v1.2.5: Unknown arg `--tcp-flags'
>  Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
>
> I think I'm too close to see the solution, so if anybody can see it right
> off, it would be much appreciated...
>
> System info:
> Redhat 7.3
> kernel-2.4.18-19.7.x.athlon
>
> Also tried on another system with similar results:
> Redhat 7.3
> kernel-2.4.18-3smp
>
> TIA
>
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