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Date:      Wed, 4 Nov 1998 08:28:08 -0500 (EST)
From:      Open Systems Networking <opsys@mail.webspan.net>
To:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Amazing wonder packet sneaks by deny all rule?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02.9811040815360.4966-100000@orion.webspan.net>

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It's really late/early this morning and I was just checking the rule set
on a clients machine I just built. When I saw this:

65534        195      14104 deny log ip from any to any
65535          1         76 deny ip from any to any

Now maybe it's my lack of sleep but how did that amazing wonder packet
on rule 65535 sneak by 65534 :-) A fluke? A 1 in a million chance?
A posessed packet? This isn't exactly the kind of thing that instills
confidence in ones choice of firewall software :-)
It's ipfw BTW if you cant tell from the syntax, not ipfilter.
I have NEVER seen this happen before, so im guessing it's just a freak
accident. But it is curious nonetheless.

Chris 

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"You both seem to be ignoring the fact that the networking market is
driven by so-called 'IT professionals' these days, most of whom can't
tell the difference between an ARP and a carp." --Wes Peters

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