Ports Required for Various Services/Applications
Tom
Eastep
2004-09-21
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.
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
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 #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
Vonage
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