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Date:      Wed, 02 Jul 2003 13:26:33 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: setting up ipfw
Message-ID:  <3F0315C9.7060006@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20030702105854.05756080@209.152.117.178>
References:  <03e401c3403b$959b58e0$1b41d5cc@nitanjared> <5.1.0.14.2.20030702105854.05756080@209.152.117.178>

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W. D. wrote:
[ ... ]
 >>> 00050  allow tcp from any to my.ip.ad.res 22 setup
 >
 > Is there some guide to translate IPFW rules to English so that they
 > are understandable?

Well, the above could be written:

	allow tcp from any to me ssh setup

...is that better?

[ If you don't understand TCP/IP, service names/port numbers, and such, well, 
you'll need to know about such things or else you won't have necessary 
background to understand firewalls. ]

-- 
-Chuck



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