Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 18:02:49 -0800 From: Rob <europax@home.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: kris@grinz.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more firewall confusion Message-ID: <3A0B5749.DA0BAFB3@home.com> References: <14858.9322.986458.499779@guru.mired.org>
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Mike Meyer wrote: > > kris@grinz.com types: > > i saw in the handbook that 'ipfw -a' will list all the rules but it > > doesn't work.. it says invalid arguement. Why does it not work? > > Because the documentation is out of date and/or wrong. Please provide > a URL for that page so it can be fixed. > > Try "ipfw show" instead. That's documented on the man page. > > > Also, where does it log stuff like reasons why connections were not > > made? I have an ftp server at 192.168.1.13 and a client trying to > > connect to it on 192.168.1.11.. the gateway for both machines is > > 192.168.1.1. they can ping each other but cant do anything else > > but they can both get out to the internet. I wanted to see on > > 192.168.1.1 why it wasnt working but cant find a log anywhere. > > Check the console, /var/log/messages and /var/log/security. > > <mike > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Well if you used the rc.firewall that is supplied, it doesn't contain any "log" commands in the rules. Dohhh! You have to add them yourself where needed. See man ipfw. Rob. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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