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Date:      Mon, 27 May 2002 07:49:28 +0200
From:      Nino Dehne <freebsd-ipfw@0x54434D.net>
To:        Retal <lirandb@netvision.net.il>
Cc:        freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Unreach flag
Message-ID:  <3CF1C8E8.6020006@0x54434D.net>
References:  <004701c204ab$db0e2050$668ce650@main1>

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Hi Retal,

Retal wrote:
 > Hi..
 >
 > There's sometimes i just can't figure out:
 >
 >   When im adding those rules to my IPFW:
 >
 > 00001     7     392 allow icmp from 80.230.140.105 to any

you need to allow echo requests (type 0) to reach your box.
look at this:

allow icmp from any to 80.230.140.105 icmptype 0
allow icmp from 80.230.140.105 to any icmptype 8

icmp type 0 is "echo request" while type 8 is "echo reply".


 > 00002    10     576 unreach host icmp from any to any
 >
 > and after it i ping my fbsd box from another IP i get this:
 >
 > Reply from 80.230.140.105: Destination host unreachable.
 > Reply from 80.230.140.105: Destination host unreachable.
 > Reply from 80.230.140.105: Destination host unreachable.
 > Reply from 80.230.140.105: Destination host unreachable.
 >
 >
 > whats this unreach option used for/useful for .. and is it matter if i
 > use host, filter-prohib or any other flags.. ?

can't comment on these, though.


 > Thanks.. Retal (retaly@inter.net.il <mailto:retaly@inter.net.il>)





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