Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 18:58:59 -0800 (PST) From: "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org> To: Lorin Lund <wbs@infowest.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ping says 'Permission Denied' Message-ID: <20011211185508.I16958-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20011212024938.A033A20F67@ns1.infowest.com>
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On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Lorin Lund wrote: > I'm using 4.4 RELEASE. I want to use natd (with a DSL connection) > so I built a new kernel with > option IPFIREWALL > option IPDIVERT okay. you added a network firewall. > When I reboot I can't ping that machine from outside. When I try > to ping other addresses from the box with the new kernel ping > gives an error message about 'Permission denied'. > > Does anyone have experience with this? you don't allow outgoing/incoming icmp. please read up on ipfw(8) and take a look at the LINT kernel file for IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT for an "open" firewall. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls.html has a decent introduction to firewalling on freebsd. -------/ f. johan beisser /--------------------------------------+ http://caustic.org/~jan jan@caustic.org "John Ashcroft is really just the reanimated corpse of J. Edgar Hoover." -- Tim Triche To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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