Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 22:06:25 -0800 (PST) From: whizkid@ValueDJ.com To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPFW problems connecting to port 25! Message-ID: <1258.216.100.130.17.1079071585.squirrel@www.ValueDJ.com> In-Reply-To: <4050E05C.2010302@daleco.biz> References: <23229.208.253.246.93.1079038697.squirrel@www.ValueDJ.com><4050DB6B.1050207@daleco.biz><27211.208.253.246.93.1079041583.squirrel@www.ValueDJ.com> <4050E05C.2010302@daleco.biz>
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> Aye, there's the rub. Last rule is usually
> "deny ip from any to any"; somewhere above
> that, but after the setup rules is "allow ip from
> any to my.ip.add.ress established"* ... it does
> no good to allow the setup packets but no
> further data....
>
> Kevin Kinsey
> DaleCo S.P.
>
> *instead of "allow ip" this could conceivably
> be protocol specific, e.g. if you only have tcp
> services available, "allow tcp from any to {me} established"
ok I figured out the problem. I moved the SMTP line from 04010 to 03001
top of the list. Rebooted the machine, and it now works. Thanks to all
who pitched in with comments...
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