Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:26:27 -0500 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ipfilter keep state broken? Message-ID: <20020314172627.DEF953F0E@bast.unixathome.org> In-Reply-To: <20020314121048.A43100@palomine.net> References: <20020314164723.4E1543F0E@bast.unixathome.org>; from dan@langille.org on Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 11:47:21AM -0500
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On 14 Mar 2002 at 12:10, Chris Johnson wrote: > On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 11:47:21AM -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > > I upgraded my webserver on March 9 from the post 4.5-RELASE stable. Today > > I've been noticing very unusal access issues on the box. For example, I > > could not get to my webserver from one remote box using https. I had to > > change my rules before it would work: > > > > Here is the after and before. I had to replace the keep state with two > > rules (a.c.b.d is the IP address in question): > > > > < pass in quick proto tcp from a.b.c.d/32 to any port = https > > < pass out quick proto tcp from any to a.b.c.d/32 port = https > > --- > > > pass in quick proto tcp from a.b.c.d/32 to any port = https flags S keep state > > Could it be that this didn't actually fix your problem but that you made some > other change in the process? For example, did you flush your state table? Is it > possible that it was getting full? I agree with your theory. Thank you. After doing an ipf -FS to clear the state table, everything was still working fine. Then I reinstated my keep state rules and things went back to normal. Any suggestions to avoid this problem in future? Thanks. -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary - http://freebsddiary.org/ - practical examples To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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