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Date:      Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:14:38 -0800
From:      Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>
To:        "Earl A. Killian" <earl@killian.com>
Cc:        Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>, "Rogier R. Mulhuijzen" <drwilco@drwilco.net>, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>, freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Bug in stateful code?
Message-ID:  <3C6D500E.50609@tenebras.com>
References:  <5.1.0.14.0.20020214221354.01c37da0@mail.drwilco.net>	<Pine.BSF.4.32.0202151003240.92211-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>	<15469.17124.999950.13271@sax.killian.com>	<3C6D47D9.10003@tenebras.com> <15469.19149.677645.220962@sax.killian.com>

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Earl A. Killian wrote:


> So then I'm asking how does anything ever get into that table, if
> incoming packets are all denied?  Are SYN packets exempted from
> -deny_incoming?


No, SYN packets aren't exempted.  Incoming packets that are associated
with a pre-existing connection (or attempt) originating from the inside
are permitted.

The other option is to set '-target_address', which would redirect such
incoming packets to a particular address.


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