Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 20:29:33 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: fj@batmule.dk, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/30255: [PATCH] Packets reinjected by natd but denied by ipfw generates annoying errors Message-ID: <20010925202933.A57333@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <31664.1001438088@critter>; from phk@critter.freebsd.dk on Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 07:14:48PM %2B0200 References: <200109251427.f8PERJL37187@freefall.freebsd.org> <31664.1001438088@critter>
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On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 07:14:48PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > >State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > >State-Changed-By: ru > >State-Changed-When: Tue Sep 25 07:24:17 PDT 2001 > >State-Changed-Why: > > >With my MAINTAINER hat on, I don't like this option. > > > >This error usually indicates a misconfigured firewall. > >It is almost always possible to write firewall rules > >that do not result in EACCES from firewall. > > I think you're being too harsh here Ruslan. While it may theoretically > be possible to write such rules, I have myself often found it simpler > and faster to reject on the "backside" of natd. > Just give me one real example where it's really useful, and I'll probably agree. > Considering what is proposed is an option I think it should be committed. > OK, how about this instead? I can change the code so that it logs various warnings at different syslog(3) levels. Then what gets logged may be controlled via syslog.conf(5). Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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