Re: Errors when running firehol

Phil Whineray <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.firewalls.firehol.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 09:56:47AM -0800, Jason Miller wrote:
> On 09:32 Sat 24 Jan     , Phil Whineray wrote:
> > 
> > This command is successful for me:
> >   /sbin/iptables -t filter -A OUTPUT -m conntrack --ctstate \
> >      ESTABLISHED,RELATED -m helper --helper ftp -j ACCEPT
> > 
> > I expect that the iptables command will fail for you with the same error
> > as reported via firehol.
> yup
> > 
> > You can then try to see if it is conntrack / ftp helper / both:
> >   /sbin/iptables -t filter -A OUTPUT -m conntrack --ctstate \
> >      ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
> works
> >   /sbin/iptables -t filter -A OUTPUT -m helper --helper ftp -j ACCEPT
> > 
> doesn't work; nf_conntrack_ftp is definitely loaded, see below

I see nf_nat_ftp is not in your list. I don't know for sure that is the
cause but could you try:

  modprobe nf_nat_ftp

then re-do the iptables command.

Kind Regards
Phil
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