iptables on FC11

[paul van der meij]

Thanks for the suggestion, that is exactly what happened.
I was misled by an internet suggestion that nmap was a good tool to check
iptables configuration, but that is not true.
iptables -L gives the correct information

Paul

2009/10/13 Christopher K. Johnson <ckjohnson at gwi.net>

> paul van der meij wrote:
>
>> I upgraded from FC9 to FC11 (new install) but iptables is behaving
>> strange. My /etc/sysconfig/iptables file shows a number of ports as accept,
>> but nmap tells a different story. e.g. imap port 143 is closed in nmap (and
>> in truce), open in iptables file.
>> I did use the iptables GUI to configure.
>>
>> Any idea what I am overlooking.
>>
>> greetings, Paul van der Meij
>>
> What does 'netstat -atn' tell you?  If iptables allows connections to tcp
> 143 but there is no application listening on the port, that could explain
> what you describe.
>
> Chris
>
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