Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 01:40:03 -0800 (PST) From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/15010: "client" firewall configuration kills incoming broadcast Message-ID: <200301040940.h049e3Wm066378@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/15010; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Bill Trost <trost@cloud.rain.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/15010: "client" firewall configuration kills incoming broadcast Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 09:38:41 +0000 > That was sort of my reaction, too, upon re-reading the bug report. > It seems to me that both directions are necessary. The nmbd needs > to receive broadcasts from other SMB servers, as well as be able to > transmit its own broadcasts to them. As far as I know, the source address of a packet should never be set to the broadcast address. The patch seems to be testing for the source address being a broadcast, which should not happen in normal opperation. > In short, both the bug description and the fix are incomplete. Was the patch you submitted one that you were actually using, or one you extracted from our own custom rules? It doesn't make alot of sense to me in the form it is in, but if it got confused when transcribed from other rules that would explain it. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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