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Date:      Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:53:01 -1000
From:      OpenSlate ChalkDust <openslateproj@gmail.com>
To:        Gary Aitken <vagabond@blackfoot.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ipfw confusion
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On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Gary Aitken <vagabond@blackfoot.net> wrote:

> I'm having some weird ipfw behavior, or it seems weird to me, and am
> looking
> for an explaination and then a way out.
>
> ipfw list
> ...
> 21109 allow tcp from any to 12.32.44.142 dst-port 53 in via tun0 setup
> keep-state
> 21129 allow tcp from any to 12.32.36.65 dst-port 53 in via tun0 setup
> keep-state
> ...
> 65534 deny log logamount 5 ip from any to any
>
> tail -f messages
> Aug 18 23:33:06 nightmare named[914]: client 188.231.152.46#63877: error
> sending response: permission denied
>
> 12.32.36.65 is the addr of the internal interface (xl0) on the firewall
>   and is the public dns server.
> 12.32.44.142 is the addr of the external interface (tun0) which is bridged
> on a
> dsl line.
>
> It appears that a dns request was allowed in, but the response was not
> allowed
> back out.  It seems to me the above rules 21109 and 21129 should have
> allowed
> the request in and the response back out.
>
> It's possible a request could come in on 12.32.44.142,
> which is why 21109 is present;
> although I know I am getting failures to reply to refresh requests
> from a secondary addressed to 12.32.36.65
>
> What am I missing?
>
> I think you need explict rules like

nnnnn allow tcp from 12.32.44.142 to any dst-port 53 out via tun0 setup
keep-state

careful I'm just winging the syntax, better check the docsa for sure.
-- 
Gary Dunn
Open Slate Project
http://openslate.org/



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