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Date:      Tue, 18 Jan 2000 11:22:31 -0600 (CST)
From:      James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net>
To:        Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net>
Cc:        Brian Gallucci <briang@expnet.net>, isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New Firewall
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001181118180.42481-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001181116020.131-100000@hydrant.intranova.net>

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On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Omachonu Ogali wrote:
> The following rules can help if you are going to be running SMTP, HTTP,
> POP3, and HTTPS, delete what you don't need.
	[ ... ]
> # -- Deny setup of other incoming connections
> ipfw add deny tcp from any to any setup
> 
> # -- Deny other incoming IP packets.
> ipfw add deny ip from any to any

These rules are duplicate, so you can drop the first one. The last rule is
commonly the default in /etc/rc.firewall as well. That aside, I might keep
the first one and change it to '... deny log ...", thus logging connection
attempts. On the other hand, that's what log_in_vain="YES" in /etc/rc.conf
is all about... - Jy@



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