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Date:      Wed, 4 Jan 2017 14:27:37 -0500
From:      Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, Maxim Konovalov <maxim.konovalov@gmail.com>
Cc:        Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org>, doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r49600 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls
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From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>,
 Maxim Konovalov <maxim.konovalov@gmail.com>
Cc: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org>, doc-committers@freebsd.org,
 svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Message-ID: <c9ec7d52-df33-8bf6-9356-3cb27ab3a954@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: svn commit: r49600 -
 head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls
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On 2017-01-03 16:56, Warren Block wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Jan 2017, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
>=20
>>>> Hi Warren,
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 28 Oct 2016, 15:31-0000, Warren Block wrote:
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>>>  # Allow outbound NTP
>>>>> -&dollar;cmd 00260 allow tcp from any to any 37 out via &dollar;pif=

>>>>> setup
>>>>> keep-state
>>>>> +&dollar;cmd 00260 allow udp from any to any 123 out via
>>>>> &dollar;pif setup
>>>>> keep-state
>>>>>
>>>>>  # Allow outbound SSH
>>>>>  &dollar;cmd 00280 allow tcp from any to any 22 out via &dollar;pif=

>>>>> setup
>>>>> keep-state
>>>>>
>>>> Are you sure about this change?  NTP is UDP based protocol.  In the
>>>> same time "setup" is TCP only feature (why ipfw(8) allows it to use =
in
>>>> conjunction with the UDP proto is a different story)
>>>>
>>>> I think the comment is what should be fixed here.
>>>
>>> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D213365 suggested
>>> merely
>>> changing this to UDP 123.  I don't use IPFW, so can't verify the
>>> actual usage.
>>> Help would be appreciated.
>>>
>> I'd remove the "setup" keyword from the command.  Let me know if I can=

>> go ahead with this change.
>=20
> It's okay with me.  Er, "Approved".  It would be really nice if you
> could test and verify it, but not required.
>=20
> Thanks!
>=20

It is indeed not required. The 'setup' keyword looks for the 'syn' flag
on the TCP packet, saying this is the initiation of a new connection.
Does not apply at all to UDP.

--=20
Allan Jude


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