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Date:      Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:35:03 +1000
From:      "Hallam Oaks P/L list account" <maillist@oaks.com.au>
To:        "freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Jesse" <j@lumiere.net>
Subject:   Re: ipfw rules to allow DNS activity
Message-ID:  <199807280734.RAA23635@mail.aussie.org>

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On Mon, 27 Jul 1998 00:16:38 -0700 (PDT), Jesse wrote:
>I'm thinking of changing one of my boxes which is running bind (performing
>primary secondary DNS functions) from allow-anything-except-things-
>specifically-denied ipfw rules to deny-everything-except-things-
>specifically-allowed rules (open vs closed? hehe). Anyway, I was wondering 
>what are the minimum rules necessary to allow DNS queries/transfers from >?
>other servers to my server, and also to allow queries from my server to 
>other servers.

check out the rc.firewall I posted to the list recently (it's also on the 
FreeBSD rc.firewall page ; see http://www.metronet.com/~pgilley/freebsd/ipfw/
for more info.

the one I posted has entries to allow DNS (as the machine it's used on is a 
primary DNS server).

-- Chris
   Hallam Oaks P/L




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