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Date:      Wed, 26 Feb 2003 12:11:12 -0800
From:      "Aaron Burke" <aburke@nullplusone.com>
To:        <bsdaemon@eudoramail.com>, <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: ipfw troubleshooting (was ipfw rule placement)
Message-ID:  <AMEMKJNMFLJCJDLFIEDBMEKMCIAA.aburke@nullplusone.com>
In-Reply-To: <JPJOKBAMMBNIHBAA@whowhere.com>

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> My firewall log is flooded with this message:
> 
> [date and time]churgeon /kernel: ipfw: Deny UDP 10.142.240.1:67 
> 255.255.255.255:68 in via ed1
Ports 67 and 68 are used by DHCP. If you get your IP address
from a DHCP server, or you are serving or using DHCP on this
interface, you will need to leave them open.

> 
> When I run sockstat, I see that dhclient is listening for udp 
> packets on port 68:
> 
> root   dhclient    62  4  udp4   *:68         *:*
> 
> Attached is my ipfw ruleset.  I'd like to know if I need to allow 
> these packets (if they're required by dhclient, etc.).
> Just in case, I've attached natd.conf and rc.conf, as well.  
> Thanks for any help.
Thats what we are here for.


> ---
> Joshua Lokken
> FreeBSD:  The Power to Serve!
> bsdaemon@eudoramail.com
> -------------------------------->



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