Howdy,

I have iptables as a firewall on my box. Now I cannt run the whois.php script any more. Does anybody know which port(s)/service(s) I need to open up for such query?

Thanks in advance.

43 I think. But, I could be wrong, I'm no firewall whizz ...

Not it.

Thanks anyway, chrisblack!

Whois services do usually run on TCP port 43, by default.

Post a dump of your iptables and someone may be able to point out the problem, if it is truly a firewall issue.

This this the script:
http://www.geocities.com/steve93138/firewall.txt

Thanks.

It seems that you could just copy
# OUTPUT - PORT 80 - HTTP
part and replace 80 with 43.

If I am reading this correctly that should let you connect to the remote port 43 and send your query. You get your responses on $UNPRIVPORTS.

That's it sasha. Thanks a lot.

May I ask what do I need to do to allow one (or two) IP
pingable from the outside base on that rule set?

# who CAN BE pinged
PINGABLE="ping.my.ip.addy y.y.y.y"

# who can ping
PINGERS="i.can.ping.you j.j.j.j"
#or to allow it to the world
#PINGERS="0/0"

for pingable in $PINGABLE; do
for pingers in $PINGERS; do
iptables -A INPUT -j ACCEPT -s $pingers -d $pingable -i eth0 -m state --state NEW -p icmp --icmp-type ping
done
done



Keep in mind that I may not have any clue what I am talking about. This is important thing for server admin, and you migh want to check on it.

Thanks sasha. I'll try your code out.
I really appreciate your help.

-W