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Date:      Thu, 07 Jun 2001 16:06:30 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>
To:        Josh Thomas <jdt2101@ksu.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IPFW rules and outward connections
Message-ID:  <3B1FDEC6.DD592573@iowna.com>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.21L.0106071358560.1095-100000@unix1.cc.ksu.edu>

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Josh Thomas wrote:
> 
> I am looking to set up a firewall to be closed to all incoming connections
> except for 20-22 (for ftp and ssh), and to allow all outward
> connections.  However, I'm having trouble specifically keeping the
> dynamically assigned ports above 1024 for normal usage open.  ie, http
> from other machines, ftp from other machines.  Is there specifically a way
> to allow outgoing connections and then keep that port open for incoming
> connections for a short time?  This seems to be somewhat the functionality
> of keep-state, however that does not appear to work.  If anybody has any
> examples, I would appreciate them.  Neither the freebsd handbook nor the
> ipfw manpage goes into enough detail as I needed.  Please cc responses, as
> I am not on the freebsd-questions list.

A rule like:
allow ip from any to any established
would allow anything that was already initiated to continue. Then you
could restrict what was able to be initiated.

-Bill

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