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Date:      Thu, 16 Jan 2003 17:07:56 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD firewall for high profile hosts - waste of time ?
Message-ID:  <15911.18780.353808.445869@emerger.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <3E2747BB.E2E34AC1@mindspring.com>
References:  <20030116155122.X38599-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> <3E2747BB.E2E34AC1@mindspring.com>

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> PS: I still think that if your CPU pegs, you've got a loop in there
> somewhere.  Most common case is a "reject" or "deny".  Try changing
> all of them to "drop", instead, and see if that "fixes" it.

FWIW, deny == drop.  The 'reject' rule is the one that sends out ICMP
and RST packets.


Nate

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