SMTP is used to send mail. Sendmail, Qmail, Postfix, Exim etc all are used on Linux as mail server. Mail server uses the TCP port 25. Following two iptable rule allows incoming SMTP request on port 25 for server IP address 202.54.1.20 (open port 25): iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s 0/0 –sport 1024:65535 -d [...]
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You would like to block all network traffic using iptables firewall under Debian GNU/Linux. This will block all incoming and outgoing traffic including Internet aka ADSL/ppp0 and it is highly recommend. The logic is block everything and allow only required traffic. This can be done with four simple commands: # iptable -F # iptables -P [...]
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