From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 1 00:30:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20F2C16A4CE for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 00:30:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [195.170.0.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ECA443D54 for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 00:30:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a130.otenet.gr [212.205.215.130]) i710U9ol028422; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 03:30:09 +0300 Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i710TbPS078999; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 03:29:37 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i710Ta6R078989; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 03:29:36 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 03:29:36 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: JJB Message-ID: <20040801002936.GA71845@gothmog.gr> References: <20040731224313.GA1048@gothmog.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firewall Rule Set not allowing access to DNS servers? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:30:16 -0000 On 2004-07-31 20:07, JJB wrote: > Now many home LAN environments have ms/windows boxes and that system > is the target of all the adware and spyware programs. These > unauthorized programs all most always use non-standard ports to > phone home and report on your activity. The only way to defend > against the 'report home action' is to block all outbound ports > except for those explicitly allowed by firewall rules. Ah, yes. This makes much more sense. I never thought of this because the computers I have at home run only UNIX variants now. In such cases, you're right that outbound traffic needs to be controlled to in some way. > New subject. > I see from your post, what looks like you have an automated way to > reformat MS/outlook top post to Unix Bottom post format. > > I sure would like to know how you are doing this. I have been on > this list for 4 years and I have never seen this before. Would you > please share with me and the other readers how you do this. `Manually' is the short answer. I don't usually spend the time to hit the right keys in Emacs to reformat the message. Your message is one of the few exceptions, because I really wanted to reply. Most of the time, when I see text that Outlook has converted magically to garbage I hit DEL. The tricks I use in Emacs are simple -- not really automated stuff. `C-x .' sets the fill-prefix and a few RET lines will quickly separate the message in sections like these: > >>> When I use the rule set in question, I can ping and send mail > but > >>> I cannot access the DNS servers listed in resolv.conf. > >> > >> There are many ways in which your ruleset might break. Two of > the > >> most important comments I wanted to make when I first saw the > posts > >> of this thread are: [...] > I've read a very detailed guide that you wrote, linked by one of > your > posts and available online at: > http://freebsd.a1poweruser.com:6088/FBSD_firewall/ > This guide contains a great deal of useful information and it would > be > cool if it was somehow incorporated to the Handbook. It's not yet, > but > I like most of the text so I hope it gets converted to SGML and > added to > the Handbook either in parts or as a whole. Moving the pointer just past the "> " or "> >>> " text that I want to use as the quotation mark and hitting `C-x .' sets the fill-prefix and then `M-q' (or ESC-q) refills the paragraph. Some lines like the ones that Outlook has wrapped in weird ways, i.e. like this: > >>> When I use the rule set in question, I can ping and send mail > but might need a bit of editing before M-q filling works correctly, but these are usually very few after I've trimmed the text. - Giorgos