Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:01:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Incoming Mail List <mailist@whoweb.com> To: dfolkins@comcast.net, mailist@whoweb.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ipfw rulesets Message-ID: <200209191301.JAA28141@whoweb.com>
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> yes, i can. :) the reason this doesnt work is that a telnet > connection is not between your host [port 23] and server host > [port 23]. it is actually between your host [random port number > between 1024 and 65535] and server host [port 23]. > i hope this cleared it up for you? Yes, it did, and thank you for that excellent explanation. It is exactly the info I needed. Obviously my context of logic was not matching the "logic" built into ipfw() and I was perplexed by this problem. Now the rules make sense to me. Thank you again for your patience. Jon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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