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Date:      Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:19:29 -0700 (MST)
From:      Steve Jorgensen <steve@khoral.com>
To:        bhishan@cytosine.dhs.org (Bhishan Hemrajani)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: packet filtering from ppp
Message-ID:  <200003010419.VAA18525@zen.alb.khoral.com>
In-Reply-To: <200003010415.UAA13595@cytosine.dhs.org> from "Bhishan Hemrajani" at Feb 29, 2000 08:15:03 PM

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Bhishan Hemrajani wrote
>> Try using rc.firewall in /etc to limit that stuff..
>> man ipfw
>> 
	I didn't think you could use the ipfw and rc.firewall stuff on
	the tun0 device.  Am I mistaken?

						Steve
>> --bhishan
>> > 
>> > 	I have a little 16 IP number net, that is connected
>> > 	to the internet via the user ppp on the gateway machine.
>> > 	I'm running on a FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE machine last cvsup'ed
>> > 	about a month ago.  Since I have real IP numbers, I'm
>> > 	NOT using the -nat options to ppp, but I would like to use
>> > 	the set filter syntax to protect myself from prying external
>> > 	programs (in fact, I've been getting probed on my samba port for
>> > 	the last couple of weeks from various external ip numbers)
>> > 
>> > 	Anyway, I set up my rules based on instructions I found
>> > 	in the ppp tutorial at http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/x870.html,
>> > 	but I can't seem to get things to work right.  The example shown
>> > 	indicates that only the specified services will be allowed to
>> > 	operate through the tun device, and all other packets will be
>> > 	blocked.  However, when I run it, it either lets everything
>> > 	through or disallows any new external to internal connections
>> > 	to be started.  This behavior is based on the following lines
>> > 
>> > set filter in  6 permit 0/0 MYGATEWAYADDR/24
>> > set filter out 6 permit MYGATEWAYADDR/24 0/0
>> > 
>> > 	If I have these two lines set, it doesn't matter if I have any
>> > 	of the other lines in the tutorial, it allows all packets through.
>> > 	If I comment those two lines out, no new external connections
>> > 	can be established.  Any help is appreciated, and I can make
>> > 	my full set filter lines available if it's necessary.
>> > 
>> > 						Steve

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