[plug] iptables rules

Matt Kemner zombie at penguincare.com.au
Tue May 20 15:15:25 WST 2003


On Tue, 20 May 2003, quoth Ben Jensz:

> Well actually if you say reject with iptables, last time I checked, nmap
> still saw it as a firewalled port that was open and not in fact a closed
> port.

Use "--reject-with tcp-reset" and iptables will send back a RST packet,
which is the same thing the kernel sends for a "closed" port (ie a port
with no process bound to it)

- Matt



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