From owner-freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 16 22:06:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3973F16A49E for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 22:06:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Received: from typhoon.enabled.com (typhoon.enabled.com [216.218.220.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73B5043D73 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 22:06:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Received: from [172.24.241.5] (natint3.juniper.net [66.129.224.36]) (authenticated bits=0) by typhoon.enabled.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k8GM6oHY044885 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:06:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Message-ID: <450C7574.7020303@enabled.com> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:06:44 -0700 From: Noah User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Macintosh/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: ipfw and temporary port access X-BeenThere: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: IPFW Technical Discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 22:06:53 -0000 Hi there, I am trying to figure out how to open a port temporarily for a specific IP who is able to provide a proper username and password on the website of the box. After authentication is verified then the IP address is cached and temporarily allowed to access a specific port on the server. This temporary firewall changes would be handled by ipfw. Any clues if a system like this is a already coded and out there somewhere? Cheers, Noah