"jmh" <j_m_h@cox.net> wrote in message
news:ZBcSb.2569$CJ1.2329@lakeread01

>> Do you have a rule to allow related connections? e.g.:
>>
>> /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j
>> ACCEPT
>
> I think the question is "Do you want to?"
>
> Have you checked with the site admins to see what they might
> be using the ports for?

Initial http connections with a site occur on (default) port 80. The return
data stream(s) can occur on any number of local ephemeral ports for text,
images, shockwave flash animations, and the like.

Nikon opened about a half dozen ports for data transfers of various kinds,
as seen by iftop.


tony

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