iptables issue centos 6 - is my port open? - iptables

Question

I've entered some rules into IPtables on CentOS 6. But when I run 'service iptables status' I get a different result than when I go 'iptables -L'.
I need to open up port 1270 on this machine.
This is what I see when I go 'service iptables status'
[root#server01 sysconfig]# service iptables status
Table: filter
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
num target prot opt source destination
1 REJECT icmp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 /* 000 reject all icmp requests */ reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
2 ACCEPT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 /* 001 accept all to lo interface */
3 ACCEPT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 /* 002 accept related established rules */ state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
4 ACCEPT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 multiport ports 22 /* 100 allow ssh access */
5 ACCEPT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 multiport ports 443,8443 /* 110 allow https access */
6 ACCEPT tcp -- 10.1.190.65 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:1556
7 ACCEPT tcp -- 10.1.190.65 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:13782
8 ACCEPT tcp -- 10.1.190.65 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:13724
9 ACCEPT tcp -- 10.48.131.220 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:1556
10 ACCEPT tcp -- 10.48.131.220 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:13782
11 ACCEPT tcp -- 10.48.131.220 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:13724
12 ACCEPT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:22
13 ACCEPT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:443
14 ACCEPT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:5222
15 ACCEPT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:5269
16 ACCEPT tcp -- 10.36.16.25 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:1270
17 ACCEPT tcp -- 10.36.16.26 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:1270
18 ACCEPT tcp -- 10.36.16.37 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:1270
19 ACCEPT tcp -- 10.36.16.31 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:1270
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
num target prot opt source destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
num target prot opt source destination
And this is what I see when I go iptables -L
[root#server01 sysconfig]# iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
REJECT icmp -- anywhere anywhere /* 000 reject all icmp requests */ reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere /* 001 accept all to lo interface */
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere /* 002 accept related established rules */ state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere multiport ports ssh /* 100 allow ssh access */
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere multiport ports https,pcsync-https /* 110 allow https access */
ACCEPT tcp -- 10.1.190.65 anywhere tcp dpt:veritas_pbx
ACCEPT tcp -- 10.1.190.65 anywhere tcp dpt:bpcd
ACCEPT tcp -- 10.1.190.65 anywhere tcp dpt:vnetd
ACCEPT tcp -- uawscdap0000.us.companyworld.company.com anywhere tcp dpt:veritas_pbx
ACCEPT tcp -- uawscdap0000.us.companyworld.company.com anywhere tcp dpt:bpcd
ACCEPT tcp -- uawscdap0000.us.companyworld.company.com anywhere tcp dpt:vnetd
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:ssh
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:https
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:xmpp-client
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere state NEW tcp dpt:xmpp-server
ACCEPT tcp -- abckpap6181.us.companyworld.company.com anywhere tcp dpt:opsmgr
ACCEPT tcp -- abckpap6182.us.companyworld.company.com anywhere tcp dpt:opsmgr
ACCEPT tcp -- abcepap6782.us.companyworld.company.com anywhere tcp dpt:opsmgr
ACCEPT tcp -- abcepap6783.us.companyworld.company.com anywhere tcp dpt:opsmgr
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
So, is port 120 open on this machine or not? Why am I see a difference between the two commands?

Answer 1

Port 1270 is open as you can see bellow:
16 ACCEPT tcp -- 10.36.16.25 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:1270
17 ACCEPT tcp -- 10.36.16.26 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:1270
18 ACCEPT tcp -- 10.36.16.37 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:1270
19 ACCEPT tcp -- 10.36.16.31 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:1270
but it's limited to those 4 ip addresses.
The output is different since service iptables status shows the iptables output using numeric format for ip addresses and ports while using iptables -L doesn't do that. If you want to get a similar ouput try iptables -nL
I would also issue a netstat -tunlp | grep 1270 just to be sure that there is some service/program/app actually listening to that port