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Date:      Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:50:02 -0700
From:      Dragos Ruiu <dr@kyx.net>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>, Nicolas <list@rachinsky.de>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ipfw and fragments
Message-ID:  <00090217534118.20066@smp.kyx.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000901170437.J33771@jade.chc-chimes.com>
References:  <007a01c01457$3b9eff80$e4aa603e@gottt> <20000901170437.J33771@jade.chc-chimes.com>

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On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, Bill Fumerola wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 10:56:41PM +0200, Nicolas wrote:
> > Is there a way to make ipfw to reassemble fragmented ip packets before passing them through the rules?
> 
> No. The relevant bits are only in the first packet.
> 

It could be made to reassemble them, 
but it would incurr a performance hit.  

cheers,
--dr

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