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Date:      Tue, 13 Jun 2000 07:20:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Greg Hormann <ghormann@alumni.indiana.edu>
To:        Scott Campbell <scampbel@gvpl.victoria.bc.ca>
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Setting up simple firewall with ipfw
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10006130719290.4597-100000@hormann.tzo.cc>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10006120937430.11089-100000@pochta.gvpl.victoria.bc.ca>

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I'm an idiot.  I screwed up /etc/syslogd.conf.  Once I fixed that things
started working fine.

Thanks.

Greg.


On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Scott Campbell wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Greg Hormann wrote:
> 
> > 2) I can't get logging working to help me trouble shoot my problems.
> > (IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE is in the kernel.)  -- It may  works, and I don't know
> > where to look for it.  Its not appear on the console, and after looking
> > and the man page, i still couldn't figure it out.
> > 
> > sysctl net.inet.ip.fw returns:
> > 
> > net.inet.ip.fw.enable: 1
> > net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass: 1
> > net.inet.ip.fw.debug: 1
> > net.inet.ip.fw.verbose: 1
> > net.inet.ip.fw.verbose_limit: 0     *********Probably the problem*****
> > net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_buckets: 256
> > net.inet.ip.fw.curr_dyn_buckets: 256
> > net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_count: 0
> > net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_max: 1000
> > net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_ack_lifetime: 300
> > net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_syn_lifetime: 20
> > net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_fin_lifetime: 20
> > net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_rst_lifetime: 5
> > net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_short_lifetime: 5
> > 
> > 
> It sounds like your other problems are being delt with by the group but I
> thought I would let you know about logging.
> 
> In the kernel setup do you have a 
> 
> option IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=??? 
> 
> line? I use 500 just so I don't get flooded when I turn it on. It (ipfw
> man pg/LINT) doesn't say you _need_ it but I like to use it.  The default
> on the limit is 0 if you don't give it a value.  I am not sure if you can
> set this to log forever but I am sure you could work out a system of
> turning your logs each night and reseting the counters if you were so
> inclined.
> 
> In syslog.conf you need something like
> 
> !ipfw
> *.*			/var/log/ipfw.log
> 
> then you need to touch /var/log/ipfw.log so that it exists.  It won't be
> able to write to the log if the file isn't there.
> 
> You then need to write the rule you want to log with the 'log' command. 
> 
> ie 
> 
> ipfw add 1400 deny log tcp from any to any 1-1024 via ed0
> 
> which it looks like you already do.
> 
> 
> Short answer:
> Change your limit and ensure you have the log file set up correctly.  Let
> me know if you still can't get it logging and I'll try to help.
> 
> 
> Scott E. Campbell
> _______________________________
> Computer Operations
> Greater Victoria Public Library
> Victoria BC CANADA
> 
> (250)382-7241 x230
> scampbel@gvpl.victoria.bc.ca
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



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