Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 13:52:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: cagney@tpgi.com.au (Andrew Cagney) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPFW rules applied twice? Message-ID: <199807292052.NAA19705@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <35BE914A.A946F57D@tpgi.com.au> from Andrew Cagney at "Jul 29, 98 01:04:42 pm"
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Andrew Cagney writes: > My question: Do the IPFW rules get applied twice? > > o when the packet comes IN on the > ppp0 interface. > > o when the packet goes OUT on the > vx0 interface. > > I think they do (as they should). > The problem is, I can't find anything in the IPFW documentation > that confirms this. Yes, firewall rules are applied as packets enter and as they leave an interface. That's why you can specify "in" and/or "out" in the firewall rules. -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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