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Date:      Mon, 4 Dec 2006 14:13:31 -0600
From:      "Travis H." <travis@subspacefield.org>
To:        freebsd-pf@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: opinion on this ruleset
Message-ID:  <20061204201331.GA25039@subspacefield.org>
In-Reply-To: <20061130174045.GA73984@harmless.hu>
References:  <20061130173504.CD06C43CBA@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20061130174045.GA73984@harmless.hu>

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On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 06:40:45PM +0100, Gergely CZUCZY wrote:
> ($ext_if) translates to an ip address of the interface,
> and not to all addresses on the interface.

Are you sure?  To get a single address, I use ($ext_if:0).

> > pass in inet proto icmp all icmp-type $icmp_types keep state
> wrong.
> use this:
> pass in on $ext_if proto icmp
> 
> if you wonder why, read the openbsd's FAQ on pf. or just google for it

I've read the FAQ several times and don't remember this.
I filter all ICMP _queries_ inbound, and ICMP _responses_ outbound,
and have never had a problem.

What exactly should we be googling for, other than "pf icmp"?
-- 
"Cryptography is nothing more than a mathematical framework for
discussing various paranoid delusions." -- Don Alvarez
<URL:http://www.subspacefield.org/~travis/>; -><-



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