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Date:      Fri, 26 Sep 1997 00:09:07 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rc.firewall weakness?
Message-ID:  <199709260609.AAA21538@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970926155959.262T-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
References:  <199709260537.XAA21334@rocky.mt.sri.com> <Pine.BSF.3.91.970926155959.262T-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>

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> > > > > You've got it, which is why I only permit UDP 53<->53 and 123<->123.
> > > 
> > > 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?

I had a discussion with Alex a while back, and if my memory isn't
failing me this didn't work.  I don't know why either, and I haven't
looked at the sources.  Perhaps it's been fixed to work, but I haven't
seen anything significant since the discussion.


Nate



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