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Date:      Tue, 3 Jan 2017 14:56:15 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Maxim Konovalov <maxim.konovalov@gmail.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.2.20.1701031454590.52533@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701031927070.83306@mp2.macomnet.net>
References:  <201610281531.u9SFVL7u096914@repo.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701021904430.83306@mp2.macomnet.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701022145290.98030@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701031927070.83306@mp2.macomnet.net>

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On Tue, 3 Jan 2017, Maxim Konovalov wrote:

>>> 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.

It's okay with me.  Er, "Approved".  It would be really nice if you 
could test and verify it, but not required.

Thanks!



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