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Date:      Tue, 15 May 2001 14:27:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Dru <genisis@istar.ca>
To:        Neil Darlow <neil@darlow.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dhclient-ipfw oddity
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105151426260.11539-100000@istar.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20010515.17561600@ideal.darlow.co.uk>

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Hi Neil,

What is the output of "ipfw show"?

Dru

On Tue, 15 May 2001, Neil Darlow wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I've researched this through the mailing list archives and not
> found anything relevant.
> 
> I'm running freebsd-4.2 using dhclient to request dynamic IPs for
> a cable modem driven connection.
> 
> I have firewalled the setup using the "simple" settings in the
> rc.firewall script with changes to use ${oif} in place of ${oip}.
> 
> It is my understanding that dhclient talks on port 67 and listens
> on port 68 with the DHCP server doing the reverse.
> 
> I am puzzled by two facets of this configuration e.g.:
> 
> 1) There are no explicit (or implied) rules to allow udp traffic
> in/out on ports 68/67 in the "simple" firewall setup but I do see
> dynamic IP configuration in /var/log/messages at intervals. How is
> this possible?
> 
> 2) natd is complaining that it can't write back packets due to a
> permission denied condition. Replacing the final "deny all" rule in
> the firewall with a "deny and log" gives the following output:
> 
>   3800 deny udp xx.xx.xx.xx:67 xx.xx.xx.xx:68 out via ed0
> 
> where xx.xx.xx.xx is my dynamic IP and ed0 is the external NIC.
> This gives the impression that dhclient is trying to talk to itself
> which seems somewhat odd. Can anyone comment on this?
> 
> Regards,
> Neil Darlow.
> 
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