Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 21:59:16 -0500 From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> To: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "FBSD" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: IPFW check-state rules Message-ID: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOMEMLCHAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <20020216184703.C48401@blossom.cjclark.org>
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Ok then I ask you again,
What needs to be added to get it to work?
-----Original Message-----
From: Crist J. Clark [mailto:cjc@FreeBSD.ORG]
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 9:47 PM
To: Joe & Fhe Barbish
Cc: Patrick Soltani; FBSD; cvarda@flopnet.com.br
Subject: Re: IPFW check-state rules
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 09:29:02PM -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote:
[snip]
> Is there not a additional protocol called arp or some thing like that,
> that is used on the lan?
>
> I think this rule set needs some kind of rule to allow arp's through.
> Do you know what I am talking about?
ARP does not need to cross a network layer device. ARP is link
layer. ipfw(8) doesn't know anything about ARP.
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