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48.2.3.4. Assign Static Ports and Use iptables Rules

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All of the servers related to NIS can be assigned specific ports except for rpc.yppasswdd — the daemon that allows users to change their login passwords. Assigning ports to the other two NIS server daemons, rpc.ypxfrd and ypserv, allows for the creation of firewall rules to further protect the NIS server daemons from intruders.
To do this, add the following lines to /etc/sysconfig/network:
YPSERV_ARGS="-p 834" YPXFRD_ARGS="-p 835"
The following iptables rules can then be used to enforce which network the server listens to for these ports:
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s! 192.168.0.0/24 --dport 834 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s! 192.168.0.0/24 --dport 835 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s! 192.168.0.0/24 --dport 834 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s! 192.168.0.0/24 --dport 835 -j DROP
This means that the server only allows connections to ports 834 and 835 if the requests come from the 192.168.0.0/24 network.

Note

Refer to Section 48.8, “Firewalls” for more information about implementing firewalls with iptables commands.
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