topic skype:firewall rule in Operating System - Linux

skype:firewall rule

linuxtolinux — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:24:31 GMT

Hi all,
I found the below document concerning skype.
(document:voice quality and some other aspects of skype functionality will be greatly improved if you also open up ountgoing UDP traffic to all ports above 1024 and allow UDP replies to come back in)
I am very new to the firewall rules.Can you please provide me with the rules that translate this document on a linux firewall using iptables.

thanks

Re: skype:firewall rule

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 04:57:27 GMT

Shalom,

iptables -L

Displays fireall policy.

If you get from skype what ports need to be open, there is avery good third party firewall tool called firestarter that helps do solid setups.

http://www.fs-security.com

It has a GUI. Skype should function well in a standard Internet sharing arrangement.

SEP

Re: skype:firewall rule

Bill Thorsteinson — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:18:35 GMT

Consider looking at Shorewall.
It doesn't have a GUI, but does have very
good documentation and default setups for
most configurations.

A default accept policy for outgoing traffic
should have Skype happy.

You should determine what port Skype
needs either by seearch the net as previously
mentioned, or by closing the firewall and
watchig the log files to see what gets blocked.