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Date:      Fri, 22 Nov 2019 09:42:50 +0000
From:      Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pf, stateful filter and DMZ
Message-ID:  <3d9c5663-3eb5-fd5a-bd72-041bbe392fe7@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20191122061950.GA25286@admin.sibptus.ru>
References:  <20191121151041.GA93735@admin.sibptus.ru> <59ac7be3-b79d-a13e-b64f-cd4dae43b9e4@tuxpowered.net> <20191122061950.GA25286@admin.sibptus.ru>

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On 22/11/2019 06:19, Victor Sudakov wrote:
>>> 2. ICMP traffic in any direction

>> Sounds like a bad idea. Why would you do it?

> Well, for example, if a host in $inside_net sends a UDP datagram to a
> host in $dmz_net which generates an ICMP port unreachable message, I
> want the host in $inside_net to actually receive the message. If pf is
> THAT stateful and smart, then this rule is not necessary.

I believe that pf is clever enough to pass ICMP messages associated with 
a TCP or UDP connection for which it already has an established state 
without needing any specific additional rules.

BICBW.

	Cheers,

	Matthew





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