Ports Required for Various Services/Applications
Tom
Eastep
2004-02-18
2001-2002
2004
Thomas M. Eastep
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In addition to those applications described in the
/etc/shorewall/rules documentation, here are some other
services/applications that you may need to configure your firewall to
accommodate.
Beginning with Shorewall 2.0.0, the Shorewall distribution contains
a library of user-defined actions that allow for easily allowing or
blocking a particular application. Check your /etc/shorewall/actions.std
file for a list of the actions in your distribution. If you find what you
need, you simply use the action in a rule. For example, to allow DNS
queries from the dmz zone to the
net zone:
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION
AllowPing dmz net
In the rules that are shown in this document, the ACTION is shown as
ACCEPT. You may need to use DNAT (see FAQ 30)
or you may want DROP or REJECT if you are trying to block the application.
Example: You want to port forward FTP from the net to your server at
192.168.1.4 in your DMZ. The FTP section below gives you:
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 21
You would code your rule as follows:
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
DNAT net dmz:192.168.1.4 tcp 21
Auth (identd)
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 113
DNS
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> udp 53
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 53
FTP
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 21
Look here for much more information.
ICQ
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> udp 4000
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 4000:4100
UDP Port 4000. You will also need to open a range of TCP ports which
you can specify to your ICQ client. By default, clients use 4000-4100.
IMAP
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 143 #Unsecure IMAP
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 993 #Secure IMAP
IPSEC
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> 50
ACCEPT <source> <destination> 51
ACCEPT <source> <destination> udp 500
ACCEPT <destination> <source> 50
ACCEPT <destination> <source> 51
ACCEPT <destination> <source> udp 500
Lots more information here and here.
NFS
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <z1>:<list of client IPs> <z2>:a.b.c.d tcp 111
ACCEPT <z1>:<list of client IPs> <z2>:a.b.c.d udp
NTP (Network Time Protocol)
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> udp 123
PCAnywhere
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> udp 5632
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 5631
Pop3
TCP Port 110 (Secure Pop3 is TCP Port 995)
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 110 #Unsecure Pop3
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 995 #Secure Pop3
PPTP
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> 47
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 1723
Lots more information here and here.
rdate
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 37
SSH
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 22
SMB/NMB (Samba/Windows Browsing/File Sharing)
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 137,139,445
ACCEPT <source> <destination> udp 137:139
ACCEPT <destination> <source> tcp 137,139,445
ACCEPT <destination> <source> udp 137:139
Also, see this page.
SMTP
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 25
Telnet
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 23
Traceroute
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> udp 33434:33443 #Good for 10 hops
ACCEPT <source> <destination> icmp 8
UDP traceroute uses ports 33434 through 33434+<max number of
hops>-1
Usenet (NNTP)
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 119
TCP Port 119
VNC
Vncviewer to Vncserver -- TCP port 5900 + <display number>.
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 5901 #Display Number 1
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 5902 #Display Number 2
...
Vncserver to Vncviewer in listen mode -- TCP port 5500.
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 5500
Web Access
#ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S)
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 80 #Insecure HTTP
ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 443 #Secure HTTP
Other Source of Port Information
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own /etc/services file?
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Revision History
1.72004-02-18TEMake
NFS work for everyone.1.62004-02-14TEAdd
PCAnywhere.1.52004-02-05TEAdded
information about VNC viewers in listen mode.1.42004-01-26TECorrect
ICQ.1.32004-01-04TEAlphabetize1.22004-01-03TEAdd
rules file entries.1.12002-07-30TEInitial
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