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Date:      Sun, 27 Jun 1999 11:48:51 +0930 (CST)
From:      Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
To:        drwho@xnet.com (Michael Maxwell)
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: firewalling problem.
Message-ID:  <199906270218.LAA42821@atdot.dotat.org>
In-Reply-To: <19990626210402.B1580@atlas.topquark.org> from "Michael Maxwell" at Jun 26, 99 09:04:02 pm

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Michael Maxwell wrote:

 > Problem:
 >  I cannot allow my local net machines to talk outside to the net and still
 > have a useful firewall at the same time.  The rule that allows the local
 > hosts to talk outside completely defeats the purpose of having any OTHER
 > rules in the first place (ipfw allow ip from any to any).  I have tried
 > restricting the first "any" to <mynet>:<mymask>, but this also does not
 > work.

Read up the manpage for the "established" keyword.

More generally, run out and buy a copy of "Building Internet Firewalls"
by Bellovin and Cheswick.

    - mark

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