Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 13:59:34 +0200 From: veedee@c7.campus.utcluj.ro To: Peter Ross <petros@pps.de> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: natd: failed to write packet back (Permission denied) Message-ID: <20011123135934.A11605@c7.campus.utcluj.ro> In-Reply-To: <200111231146.MAA24434@aprilsonne.pps.de>; from petros@pps.de on Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 12:46:04PM %2B0100 References: <200111231146.MAA24434@aprilsonne.pps.de>
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On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 12:46:04PM +0100, Peter Ross wrote: > Hi, > last month I installed a working (AFAIK;-) firewall using FreeBSD 4.4, ipfw > and natd. Have you considered using ipf/ipnat instead? > Sometimes I get a message: > > Nov 22 17:31:25 tor natd[456]: failed to write packet back (Permission > > denied) > > Nov 22 17:31:58 tor last message repeated 6 times > There are approximately 30 packets per day causing this message. > I can't find a corresponding message in the ipfw-logs. > While my firewall continues to work, my former FreeBSD 3.x firewall stopped > in this case from time to time. > Should I be worried? I hope there isn't a mistake in the ipfw rules.. Not really. The messages are caused by physical link problems. I get the same messages when the link to my ISP fails from time to time (eg. it disconnects). It has nothing to do whatsoever with the ipfw rules. > Thanks for advice > Peter Ross > > ******************************************************* > Dipl.Inf. Peter Ross Mail: petros@pps.de > Presse Programm Service Berlin - Systems administration > ******************************************************* Hope this helps, Radu Bogdan Rusu (aka veedee) C7 Campus Network System Administrator To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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