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Date:      Sun, 17 May 1998 18:40:38 -0400
From:      FreeBSD.lists@symmetron.com (FreeBSD Mailing Lists)
To:        "Charlie Root" <root@ftp1.mfn.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Possible bug in IPFW
Message-ID:  <000901bd81e4$d02f76a0$02baefce@mail.symmetron.com>
In-Reply-To: <199805171900.OAA07502@ftp1.mfn.org>

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On Sunday, May 17, 1998 3:01 PM, Charlie Root said:

<snip>

> Here is the basic outline:
> 
> (1) Rulesets.  Allow this, that, blah, blah, blah...
> (2) Final rule: 65500 deny log all from any to any
> 
> So we bring up the filter machine, and start attacking it:

<snip>

> About half way through the "23 series" of scans (which would make it
> about 750 connections attempted, it ceased logging (forever!) with the 
> following message:
> 
> May 17 00:39:21 attackme /kernel: ipfw: 65500 Deny TCP 
> x.x.x.x:1065 me.me.me.me:23 in via de3
> 
> I have checked for disk space, which AFAIK has never exceeded 50% 
> usage on any
> slice, and sure enough, the top user of space was at a mere 45%.  
> /var is at 3%.
> 
> Except for the fact that it is no longer logging, it appears to 
> be ok: cron
> is running and doing it's thing, it succeeded in backing itself 
> up last night,
> and it still appears to be filtering, although *without* logging 
> bad packets.
> 
> Should I be forwarding this to the bugs list, or have I missed something
> very basic here?

you might want to check your kernel to make sure you don't have a limit
on your IPFW logging.  the kernel option is IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT.
while you are there, you might want to make sure the IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE
option is enabled.

-john
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John A. Shue
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