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Date:      Tue, 16 May 2000 15:32:20 +0200
From:      Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl-fbquestions@buz.ch>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re[2]: ipfw documentations, FAQs, tutorials?
Message-ID:  <401891529.20000516153220@buz.ch>
In-Reply-To: <01d201bfbeea$42c51460$0200000a@danco>
References:  <01d201bfbeea$42c51460$0200000a@danco>

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Hello Dan,

Tuesday, May 16, 2000, 5:53:13 AM, you wrote:

>>That's basically what I did as well (adapted to the daemons I need of
>>course) but for some reasons no daemons are accessible from my NT
>>desktop. If I change the profile back to OPEN, everything works as it
>>should, so it HAS to be an ipfw issue.
> Please post your /etc/rc.firewall file so we can see what's going on...

Already done. Check <210913272.20000515194932@buz.ch>,
Subject: ipfw: HTTP(S) is working but everything else doesn't...

>>not a security risk? Doesn't it allow one to connect from port 53 to
>>every port on the machine or did I understood something completely
>>wrong?
> No, it allows for port redirection. If you close it off, no computer behind
> the firewall can get DNS services (or receive a response)...Maybe there's a
> more secure way, but I can't find one that works...

A DNS is running on the bastion host itself...




Best regards,
 Gabriel




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