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Date:      Sun, 12 Dec 1999 01:38:17 CST
From:      "Sean Heber" <sheber@mwci.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   ntpdate and firewall rules (maybe)
Message-ID:  <944984297_PM_BeOS.sheber@mwci.net>

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Hello.

I had someone who knows firewall rules much better than I setup a system of mine
 for maximum security.  I just noticed that since I implemented those rules I
 can no longer use ntpdate.  It always seems to fail saying it cannot find a
 server.  After a bit of digging I'm pretty sure that the problem is simple--the
 packets can't get back to ntpdate.  So then I tried playing with my firewall
 rules.  Luckily the server is still sitting here and not in some far off
 hosting place as I managed to screw things up pretty bad.  :-)

So, after a bunch of mucking around, I have decided I have no clue how to fix
 this NTP problem.   What rules do I need to add to my configuration to allow
 NTP to work?

Here's what I'm using now:

# Stop RFC1918 nets on the outside interface
$fwcmd add deny log all from 192.168.0.0:255.255.0.0 to any in recv ${oif}
$fwcmd add deny log all from 172.16.0.0:255.240.0.0 to any in recv ${oif}
$fwcmd add deny log all from 10.0.0.0:255.0.0.0 to any in recv ${oif}

# Allow any ip (tcp and udp) packets to go out the outside interface
$fwcmd add pass all from any to any out xmit ${oif}

# Allow established tcp connections from outside interface
$fwcmd add pass tcp from any to any in recv ${oif} established

#allows smtp
$fwcmd add pass log tcp from any to any 25 in recv ${oif} setup

#allows ssh
$fwcmd add pass log tcp from any to any 22 in recv ${oif} setup

#allows ftp
$fwcmd add pass log tcp from any to any 20 in recv ${oif} setup
$fwcmd add pass log tcp from any to any 21 in recv ${oif} setup
$fwcmd add pass log tcp from any 20 to any in recv ${oif} setup
$fwcmd add pass log tcp from any 21 to any in recv ${oif} setup

#allows http
$fwcmd add pass log tcp from any to any 80 in recv ${oif} setup

#allows pop3
$fwcmd add pass log tcp from any to any 110 in recv ${oif} setup

# Deny and log setup of any other tcp connections from outside interface
$fwcmd add deny log tcp from any to any in recv ${oif} setup

# Allow replies to DNS queries from outside interface
$fwcmd add pass udp from any 53 to any 1024-65535 in recv ${oif}
$fwcmd add pass udp from any to any 53 in recv ${oif}

# Allow outbound pings
$fwcmd add pass icmp from any to any in recv ${oif} icmptypes 0
$fwcmd add pass icmp from any to any out xmit ${oif} icmptypes 8

# Allow outbound traceroutes
$fwcmd add pass icmp from any to any in recv ${oif} icmptypes 3
$fwcmd add pass icmp from any to any in recv ${oif} icmptypes 11

# Everything else is denied by default, but let's log it too
$fwcmd add 65534 deny log ip from any to any



Thanks!
l8r
Sean

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