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Date:      Thu, 02 Dec 1999 22:11:47 +0000
From:      Adam Laurie <adam@algroup.co.uk>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: rc.firewall revisited
Message-ID:  <3846EEA3.4149158F@algroup.co.uk>
References:  <199912021817.NAA54042@server.baldwin.cx>

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John Baldwin wrote:
> 
> On 02-Dec-99 Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > ...
> >> >
> >> >     # Allow all outgoing UDP
> >> >     $fwcmd add pass udp from any to any
> >
> > The comment for this does not match what the rule actually does,
> > this rule has not ``outgoing'' about it at all....
> 
> Grrr..  perhaps this would be better:
> 
>    $fwcmd add pass udp from ${ip} to any

No... that would break all UDP replies. It was any to any to allow in
and out, since we've already blocked what we're worried about.

cheers,
Adam
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