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Date:      Tue, 30 Sep 2003 16:54:40 +0200
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        echelon <e_chelon@yahoo.com>
Cc:        Darren Reed <avalon@caligula.anu.edu.au>
Subject:   Re: IPFILTER_DEFAULT_BLOCK & No route to host
Message-ID:  <xzpzngm9vin.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20030930112325.48361.qmail@web41204.mail.yahoo.com> (e_chelon@yahoo.com's message of "Tue, 30 Sep 2003 04:23:25 -0700 (PDT)")
References:  <20030930112325.48361.qmail@web41204.mail.yahoo.com>

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echelon <e_chelon@yahoo.com> writes:
> However, I use the following rules for the internal network interface (xl=
1)
>
> # Group 9000 (internal network interface)=20
> block return-rst in log quick on xl1 proto tcp from any to 192.168.x.x/32=
 port =3D 23 group 9000
> block return-rst in log quick on xl1 proto tcp from any to 192.168.x.x/32=
 port =3D 21 group 9000
> pass in quick on xl1 all group 9000
>
> With these rules, I believe I should able to ping and SSH the
> freebsd box from my internal network no matter the option
> IPFILTER_DEFAULT_BLOCK is set or not.

You're only letting traffic *in*.  You're not letting anything *out*.
TCP, like love, is a two-way street.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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