Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 09:17:59 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com> To: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>, stable@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -stable hangs at boot (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960226091641.21606B-100000@haven.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <199602261613.DAA14868@asstdc.scgt.oz.au>
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On Tue, 27 Feb 1996, michael butler wrote: > Poul-Henning Kamp writes: > > > Well, this happens to be your view. I know machines where IPFW are being > > used to restrict what users on the machine can do, this is only possible > > if you filter >ALL< traffic, to and from the machine. > > I haven't checked this but .. what happens to a packet which matches a > "reject" rule when it's not actually destined for the machine doing the > filtering .. does it still generate an ICMP "host unreachable" ? The system shouldn't be getting packets not destined for it, unless the interface is in promiscous mode, which it not normally. Tom
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