Re: usenet and firewalld
Hi.
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 04:16:58PM -0500, Charles Zeitler wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:33 AM Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 08:22:41AM -0500, Charles Zeitler wrote:
> > > how do i configure firewalld to allow nntp?
> >
> > Unless you did something very unconventional, firewalld should not
> > prevent you from establishing outbound connections from your host.
> > Therefore no configuration should be required.
> >
> > But, since you have to ask I assume that it's not that simple.
> > So, please post the output of "/sbin/iptables-save" executed as root.
Let's get started. This one could ruin your day (SELinux), but the rules
are empty:
> *security
...
> :OUTPUT_direct - [0:0]
> -A OUTPUT -j OUTPUT_direct
And this one too, but it can not:
> *filter
...
> :OUTPUT ACCEPT [1029141:87693717]
...
> :OUTPUT_direct - [0:0]
> -A INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
...
> -A OUTPUT -j OUTPUT_direct
So, unless you're trying to connect via IPv6 (and in this case it's
called "/sbin/ip6tables-save"), or have custom nft rules that cannot be
translated to conventional iptables syntax - firewalld should not
prevent you from using nntp.
Reco
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