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Date:      Thu, 18 Mar 2004 17:58:42 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Tomi Kaistila <tomi.kaistila@datamike.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Filtering established connection in ipfw
Message-ID:  <20040318175650.O1495@odysseus.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040318234957.WNT17548.fep17.inet.fi@zeus>
References:  <20040318234957.WNT17548.fep17.inet.fi@zeus>

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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Tomi Kaistila wrote:

> My question is, can I make a rule that allows such replies to pass the
> packet filter, but to drop if it is not such a reply or similar signal? I
> tried using the setup and established flags but either I did something wrong
> or it just didn't work out that way.
>
> --
> Tomi

What you want is a stateful firewall, aka dynamic firewall rules.

Just use

ipfw add allow ip from yourip to any keep-state

And ipfw will do what you want.

This is described in the ipfw manpage, although it's perhaps not explained
as well as it could be.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack



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