Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:09:04 +0000 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire Message-ID: <20081126140904.72ec3400@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <492D51CB.9000201@a1poweruser.com> References: <492D51CB.9000201@a1poweruser.com>
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:40:27 +0800 Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> wrote: > I have inclusive firewall rule set which means only packets matching > the rules are passed through. The inbound hight port numbers are > blocked by design. > > How do other firewall users code rules to allow limewire to work? I don't use limewire, but for other p2p I define pf macros that list the udp and tcp ports and and explicity allow incoming connections. If you want to know what ports an application is listening on try sockstat -l. I wouldn't expose them without tracking down what they do though in case they are http, telnet, etc.
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