Ports Required for Various Services/Applications Tom Eastep 2004-09-21 2001-2002 2004 Thomas M. Eastep Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License. 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.
Important Notes 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 /usr/share/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 AllowDNS 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 Note that if you are setting up a DNS server that supports recursive resolution, the server is the <destination> for resolution requests (from clients) and is also the <source> of recursive resolution requests (usually to other servers in the 'net' zone). So for example, if you have a public DNS server in your DMZ that supports recursive resolution for local clients then you would need: #ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S) ACCEPT all dmz udp 53 ACCEPT all dmz tcp 53 ACCEPT dmz net udp 53 ACCEPT dmz net tcp 53 Recursive Resolution means that if the server itself can't resolve the name presented to it, the server will attempt to resolve the name with the help of other servers.
FTP #ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S) ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 21 Look here for much more information.
ICQ/AIM #ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S) ACCEPT <source> net tcp 5190
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
<trademark>PCAnywhere</trademark> #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 #Insecure SMTP ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 465 #SMTP over SSL (TLS)
SNMP #ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S) ACCEPT <source> <destination> udp 161:162 ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 161
Telnet #ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S) ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 23
TFTP You must have TFTP connection tracking support in your kernel. If modularized, the modules are ip_conntrack_tftp (and ip_nat_tftp if any form of NAT is involved) These modules may be loaded using entries in /etc/shorewall/modules. The ip_conntrack_tftp module must be loaded first. Note that the /etc/shorewall/modules file released with recent Shorewall versions contains entries for these modules. #ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S) ACCEPT <source> <destination> udp 69
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. Note that for the firewall to respond with a TTL expired ICMP reply, you will need to allow ICMP 11 outbound from the firewall. The standard Shorewall sample configurations all set this up for you automatically since those sample configurations enable all ICMP packet types originating on the firewall itself. #ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S) ACCEPT fw net icmp ACCEPT fw loc icmp ACCEPT fw ...
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>. 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
<trademark>Vonage</trademark> The standard Shorewall loc->net ACCEPT policy is all that is required for Vonage IP phone service to work, provided that you have loaded the tftp helper modules (add the following entries to /etc/shorewall/modules if they are not there already): loadmodule ip_conntrack_tftp loadmodule ip_nat_tftp
Web Access #ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S) ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 80 #Insecure HTTP ACCEPT <source> <destination> tcp 443 #Secure HTTP
X/XDMCP Assume that the Choser and/or X Server are running at <chooser> and the Display Manager/X applications are running at <apps>. #ACTION SOURCE DESTINATION PROTO DEST PORT(S) ACCEPT <chooser> <apps> udp 177 #XDMCP ACCEPT <apps> <chooser> tcp 6000:6009 #X Displays 0-9
Other Source of Port Information Didn't find what you are looking for -- have you looked in your own /etc/services file? Still looking? Try http://www.networkice.com/advice/Exploits/Ports
Revision History 1.13 2004-09-21 TE Add note about ICMP type 11 to Traceroute. 1.12 2004-09-09 TE Add note about Vonage. 1.11 2004-05-28 TE Corrected directory for actions.std and enhanced the DNS section. 1.10 2004-05-09 TE Added TFTP. 1.9 2004-04-24 TE Revised ICQ/AIM. 1.8 2004-04-23 TE Added SNMP. 1.7 2004-02-18 TE Make NFS work for everyone. 1.6 2004-02-14 TE Add PCAnywhere. 1.5 2004-02-05 TE Added information about VNC viewers in listen mode. 1.4 2004-01-26 TE Correct ICQ. 1.3 2004-01-04 TE Alphabetize 1.2 2004-01-03 TE Add rules file entries. 1.1 2002-07-30 TE Initial version converted to Docbook XML