[Linux] rinetd - port forwarding

[Dean Benson]

ipchains -F locked the firewall?  Like froze it or something?  That's odd
... very odd.  You could also try --flush instead of -F but they do the same
thing .. flush all ipchains rules ...

Dean

----- Original Message -----
From: "kerryb" <kerryb@blalock1.com>
To: "Dean Benson" <morbid69@bellsouth.net>
Cc: <linux@flux.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Linux] rinetd - port forwarding


> On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Dean Benson wrote:
>
> > If you are using a tight ipchains ruleset, make sure that the rules
aren't too
> > strong to disallow the forwarding.  Try opening everything up
(ipchains -F)
> I commented out all ipchains rules, and entered /sbin/ipchains -F This
locked the firewall box.
>
> > and set the rinetd config to forward port 80 from box x.x.x.x to the
webserver
> > box y.y.y.y.  Enable the rinetd and attempt connections locally maybe
with
> > lynx to the internet IP address of the x.x.x.x box, then also from the
> > localhost or IP 127.0.0.1  If those work ok try from an internal LAN to
the
> > internal IP address of the rinetd box, then again via the internet.
Gradually
> > add the ipchains rulesets and see which one is killing it.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dean
> >
> > On Thu, 06 Jul 2000,
> > kerryb wrote: > I downloaded rinetd per suggestion, and set it up on my
> > firewall box. When I run the program with just the bindaddress 80
serveraddress
> > 80, it runs, and returns prompt. When I add allow bindaddress, and
restart
> > rinetd, I get the following error. > rinetd: couldn't bind to address
> > 64.xx.xx.xx port 80 (address changed) I ma not sure what that
means...unless it
> > has something to do with telocity connection. Any suggestions for a list
that
> > might be specific to firewall-port forwarding? >  > stuck, >  > Kerry >
>
> > reply to: > blalock@ieee.org >  >  >
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