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From: Patrick Leslie Polzer <leslie.polzer@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: rules suggestion
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 08:23:15 +0200
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Hello,

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:43:07 +0500
Askar Ali Khan <askarali@gmail.com> wrote:

> Or we are unnecessary repeating it on some chains/tables.
Yes, here:
> iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p TCP -s 0/0 -d 0/0 --dport 135:140 -j DROP
> iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p UDP -s 0/0 -d 0/0 --dport 135:140 -j DROP

You already have that in your INPUT chain. Always stick to the 'filter' table
for filtering.

I also think Windows uses only UDP (quite sure) on ports 137:138 (not sure).

Why don't you go for a default DROP policy with ACCEPT rules?


Kind regards,

Leslie