Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 16:48:23 +1000 From: Jacob Rhoden <jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Whats the deal? Message-ID: <200210251648.23960.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <20021025162440.796a9f18.lloy0076@adam.com.au> References: <20021025005639.507fd4a1.bryanc2000@insightbb.com> <20021025013131.13ddf403.bryanc2000@insightbb.com> <20021025162440.796a9f18.lloy0076@adam.com.au>
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On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 16:54, David Lloyd wrote: > I tend to add a rule that is the equivalent of "accept everything" at > 65534 or thereabouts _if_ and _only if_ I really want a firewall of thi= s > type. Actually, I would reccomend the opposite (if it is a remote server), so 6= 5535=20 allows all, and 65534 denies all. The reason for this, is if your rc.firewall file is accidentally stuffed = up or=20 your rc.conf file or something similar, if the rc.firewall is not setup=20 properly, you are locked out of your system. But when all is fine, it=20 defaults to deny all. Regards, Jacob Jacob Rhoden Phone: +61 3 8344 6102 ITS Division Email: jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au Melbourne University Mobile: +61 403 788 386 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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