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Date:      Sun, 2 Jun 2002 19:34:23 -0500
From:      rahermon@iastate.edu
To:        <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Unable to connect to localhost
Message-ID:  <000301c20a96$68e7a960$8404a8c0@TheGetto>
In-Reply-To: <1023056794.315.106.camel@Demon.Strobe.org>

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To see the rules will be helpful. In my firewall the first two rules are
the following.
# Allow loopbacks, deny imposters
${fwcmd} add 100 pass all from any to any via lo0
${fwcmd} add 200 deny all from any to 127.0.0.0/8

If I understood correctly, once a rule is matched the rest are skipped.
I hope it helps.

Regards,
Ramon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of S. Roberts
> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 5:27 PM
> To: FreeBSD-Questions
> Subject: Unable to connect to localhost
> 
> 
> Hello, 
>      Might be a simple one for many of you, but I kinda 
> thought I had this sorted.., not! 
> 
> I thought I'd check the currently installed version of 
> sendmail running on a FreeBSD system here., and got this: 
> # date 
> Sun Jun  2 23:16:04 BST 2002 
> # exit 
> exit 
> $ telnet localhost 25 
> Trying ::1... 
> telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused 
> Trying 127.0.0.1... 
> telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Permission denied 
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host 
> $ 
> 
> I then check /var/log/security, and see: 
> $ su 
> Password: 
> # tail /var/log/security 
> Jun  2 23:16:15 <snip> /kernel: Connection attempt to TCP 
> ::0001:25 from ::0001:1207 
> Jun  2 23:16:15 <snip> /kernel: ipfw: 910 Deny TCP 
> 127.0.0.1:1208 127.0.0.1:25 out via lo0 
> # 
> 
> I check what tcpdmatch says about the user's priviledges: 
> $ tcpdmatch telnetd <user> 
> warning: telnetd: no such process name in /etc/inetd.conf 
> warning: <user>: hostname alias 
> warning: (official name: <domain name>) 
> client:   hostname <host name> 
> client:   address  <ip> 
> server:   process  telnetd 
> matched:  /etc/hosts.allow line <line number> 
> option:   allow 
> access:   granted 
> $ 
> I alo noticed that I can't access via url: 
> http://localhost:80 either - I get the > message: "The 
> connection was refused when attempting to contact localhost.". 
> 
> So., what's the matter here? I'm happy to post more details 
> if required (as in firewall rules and such). Thanks to all 
> those that might reply! 
> 
> Stacey 
> -- 
> Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science
> Network Systems Engineer
> 



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