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Date:      Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:00:33 +0700
From:      Victor Sudakov <sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfw fwd and ipfw allow
Message-ID:  <20100907110033.GA51618@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru>
In-Reply-To: <4C8616F0.5010401@gmx.com>
References:  <20100822052550.GA42346@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <20100907090012.GA48608@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <4C8616F0.5010401@gmx.com>

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Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
> >Am I asking something unreasonable?
> 
> Not really, but if you ask, one could say that IPFW is a "first
> match wins" firewall, so a fwd or an allow action would be the
> terminal one. You must design your rules accordingly.
> 
> There is also the skipto action which can alter the way packets
> flow through the rules.
> 
> Could you describe in a conrete example what you're trying to
> achieve?

I want forwarded packets to create a dynamic "allow" rule. 

-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru



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