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Date:      Tue, 25 Sep 2001 20:09:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org>
To:        David Kelly <dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: natd/ipfw/sshd problem. 
Message-ID:  <20010925200850.A61552-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <200109260307.f8Q37Ww18996@grumpy.dyndns.org>

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I thought the thread was that potentially a few packets may be getting
thru b4 the firewall loaded??

Brian "Sonic" Whalen
Success = Preparation + Opportunity


On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, David Kelly wrote:

> Brian Whalen writes:
> > Is anyone doing anything about that??
> [...]
> > > > I find it interesting that somehow 27 packets got past 65000. Can only
> > > > assume not all of the above rules were added at the same time.
> > >
> > > 	It is possible for packets to arrive before the firewall rules get
> > > 	loaded.
>
> That's why the default is to deny all. Is exactly the same to IP from
> the outside as if the interface was not up yet.
>
> Compile IPFW into the kernel and "deny all" will be in effect before
> the interface is open for business. Load it via kld and you have a
> moment of vulnerability during boot.
>
> --
> David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
> =====================================================================
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> capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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