Security Level Configuration (Other ports)

[alton bailey]

in the space at the bottom of the firewall cfg just type tcp:177 and so on 
to open whatever port you wish

alton
>From: Sean Earp <smearp at mac.com>
>Reply-To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
>To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
>Subject: Security Level Configuration (Other ports)
>Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:04:28 -0800
>
>Hello all-
>
>I am in the process of reading through "Teach yourself Red Hat Linux 9
>in 24 Hours" and am learning more than I though possible.  I am actually
>running FC1 Test 3, and for the most part, the book applies.
>
>However, I am reading up on XDMCP to run Gnome over a remote X
>connection.  I am able to turn on XDMCP with no problems in FC1, but the
>next step is to open up TCP/UDP ports 177 in the firewall.  I fire up
>the Security Level Configuration tool to open up these two ports, but
>there is not an "other ports" box (as apparently there was in RH9) to
>open up ports other than http, ssh, ftp, etc...
>
>My questions are as follows:
>
>1) Any reason in particular that this feature would be removed?  There
>are about a million reasons why ports other than the standard 5 would
>need to be opened, and a simple interface (integrated into the current
>Security Level Configuration app) for customizing the (nonstandard) open
>ports would be nice.
>
>2) Am I going to have to play around with iptables at the command line
>to open up these two ports (if yes, just let me know, and I'll man/info
>iptables).
>
>Any info would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks,
>
>-Sean
>
>
>
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