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Date:      Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:47:40 +0300
From:      Eric Magutu <emagutu@gmail.com>
To:        Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-pf@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: first firewall with pf
Message-ID:  <e9cb8190903240847t547d11b9qe5c670933b49743d@mail.gmail.com>
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does the rule to block all other traffic have to be explicitly mentioned?

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Eric Magutu <emagutu@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks I'll change that
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Eric Magutu <emagutu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> [snip]
>> >
>> > ##########################
>> > #block all other traffic #
>> > ##########################
>> >
>> > # should be last rule
>> >
>> > block in quick on $ext_if all
>> >
>> >
>>
>> This should not be the last rule.  PF implements the rules in a
>> top-down fashion, where the last rule always wins.  Without actually
>> loading this ruleset on my own system, it appears this rule will block
>> all incoming / outgoing traffic completely.
>>
>> This rule should be placed above all of your 'pass' rules.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Glen Barber
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Eric Magutu
>
>


-- 
Regards,
Eric Magutu



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