RFE entries in IPTABLE

If I examine my iptables (iptables -vL) entries, I see the following:

0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- any any anywhere
anywhere tcp dpts:5000:rfe
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- any any anywhere
anywhere tcp spts:5000:rfe

If I vi the iptables (/etc/sysconfig/iptables), I see the following:

-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 5000:5002 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --sport 5000:5002 -j ACCEPT

If I add a new entry into the iptables like:

-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 2000:2002 -j ACCEPT

the LIST of the iptables shows:

0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- any any anywhere
anywhere tcp dpts:2000:2002

How did the RFE get into the orginal iptables?

Rob Simac <rsimac@yahoo.com> wrote:

> If I examine my iptables (iptables -vL) entries, I see the following:
>
> 0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- any any anywhere
> anywhere tcp dpts:5000:rfe
> 0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- any any anywhere
> anywhere tcp spts:5000:rfe
>
> If I vi the iptables (/etc/sysconfig/iptables), I see the following:
>
> -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 5000:5002 -j ACCEPT
> -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --sport 5000:5002 -j ACCEPT

Hint: invoke "iptables -nvL" and the rfe is gone again. :-)
man iptables, lookup "-n" option, grep 5002 /etc/services

HTH

Ciao, Horst
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Thanks, Horst... You're the Best. That answered my question perfectly.

Ciao,
Rob.

Horst Knobloch <horschti2@gmx.de> wrote in message news:<bksnqu$1ukt$1@ulysses.news.tiscali.de>...
> Rob Simac <rsimac@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > If I examine my iptables (iptables -vL) entries, I see the following:
> >
> > 0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- any any anywhere
> > anywhere tcp dpts:5000:rfe
> > 0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- any any anywhere
> > anywhere tcp spts:5000:rfe
> >
> > If I vi the iptables (/etc/sysconfig/iptables), I see the following:
> >
> > -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 5000:5002 -j ACCEPT
> > -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --sport 5000:5002 -j ACCEPT
>
> Hint: invoke "iptables -nvL" and the rfe is gone again. :-)
> man iptables, lookup "-n" option, grep 5002 /etc/services
>
> HTH
>
> Ciao, Horst