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Date:      Fri, 26 Sep 1997 16:03:33 +1000 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rc.firewall weakness?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970926155959.262T-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199709260537.XAA21334@rocky.mt.sri.com>

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On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Nate Williams wrote:

> > > > You've got it, which is why I only permit UDP 53<->53 and 123<->123.
> > > 
> > > How do you do that?  You must not be using IPFW, since it really doesn't
> > > allow the ability to permit <port>-<port>.
> > 
> > What about:
> > 
> > ipfw add 1000 allow udp from any 53 to 1.2.3.4 53 in
> 
> It doesn't work that way. ;(

No?  My cursory reading of ip_fw.c indicates that it does, but I'm happy 
to be shown otherwise, as I don't consider myself to be a C expert.
Or are you referring to the fact that you  need a more comprehensive 
ruleset to be effective?

Danny



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