cPanel and basic iptables

Save this to a file and run it, This will empty your iptables and set a solid set of secure rules that are compatible with cPanel servers running DNS clustering. If you run DNS locally be sure to allow 53 on TCP AND UDP!

/sbin/iptables -F
/sbin/iptables -X
/sbin/iptables -Z
/sbin/iptables -P INPUT DROP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp ! --syn -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -m state --state INVALID -j DROP
/sbin/iptables -P OUTPUT DROP
/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp ! --syn -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset
/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -m state --state INVALID -j DROP
/sbin/iptables -P FORWARD DROP
/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp ! --syn -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset
/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state INVALID -j DROP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -i lo -o lo -j ACCEPT

##Acceptable IP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s x.x.x.xx -j ACCEPT #YOUR TRUSTED IP's

##General Web/File Services
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80  -j ACCEPT #HTTP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT #HTTPS
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT #FTP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT #SSH
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5666 -j ACCEPT #NRPE

##Email Services
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT #SMTP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 110 -j ACCEPT #POP3
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 143 -j ACCEPT #IMAP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 465 -j ACCEPT #SMTPs
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 993 -j ACCEPT #IMAPs
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 995 -j ACCEPT #POP3s

##cPanel Services
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 2083 -j ACCEPT #cPanel
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 2087 -j ACCEPT #WHM
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 2096 -j ACCEPT #Webmail

##Allow Ping
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type 8/0 -j ACCEPT

##Final Blocks
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -j DROP
/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -j DROP

Guide on removing iptable rules

If you loose access to your server while using this, well that sucks.   Setup a cron job to stop the iptables service every 5 minutes just in case.

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