On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 04:13:59PM +0100, I. R. van Dongen wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:48:20 -0000
> "Ian Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > All is fine now. Adding the line:
> > iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
> > fixes the problem. Does anyone know what this line does? I found this using
> > an online script generator at http://www.iptables.1go.dk/index1.php.
> it accepts traffic back over the socket already created, so if you allow a
> connection from your machine to other_machine:80 this rule allows
> other_machine:80 to talk back to you (iaw give you an answer) over the same
> socket.
Hmmm... I wonder if he is using dpkg-ftp? The related
often has to do with other ports related to the open
one, eg Port 20 ftp-data for a Port 21 ftp connection.
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