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Date:      Tue, 3 Jan 2017 19:28:03 +0300 (MSK)
From:      Maxim Konovalov <maxim.konovalov@gmail.com>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org>, doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r49600 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701031927070.83306@mp2.macomnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701022145290.98030@wonkity.com>
References:  <201610281531.u9SFVL7u096914@repo.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701021904430.83306@mp2.macomnet.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701022145290.98030@wonkity.com>

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> > Hi Warren,
> >
> > On Fri, 28 Oct 2016, 15:31-0000, Warren Block wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> > >  # Allow outbound NTP
> > > -&dollar;cmd 00260 allow tcp from any to any 37 out via &dollar;pif setup
> > > keep-state
> > > +&dollar;cmd 00260 allow udp from any to any 123 out via &dollar;pif setup
> > > keep-state
> > >
> > >  # Allow outbound SSH
> > >  &dollar;cmd 00280 allow tcp from any to any 22 out via &dollar;pif setup
> > > keep-state
> > >
> > Are you sure about this change?  NTP is UDP based protocol.  In the
> > same time "setup" is TCP only feature (why ipfw(8) allows it to use in
> > conjunction with the UDP proto is a different story)
> >
> > I think the comment is what should be fixed here.
>
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213365 suggested merely
> changing this to UDP 123.  I don't use IPFW, so can't verify the actual usage.
> Help would be appreciated.
>
I'd remove the "setup" keyword from the command.  Let me know if I can
go ahead with this change.

-- 
Maxim Konovalov



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