From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 24 23:27:34 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B07F037B4F6 for ; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 23:27:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vectors.cx (manifold.vectors.cx [64.163.147.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3579843E6E for ; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 23:27:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: from vectors.cx (9bcfa62f5b425c6c3eb37f80ac105e62@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vectors.cx (8.12.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g9P6T5ho070716; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 23:29:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: (from monkey@localhost) by vectors.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9P6T5br070715; Thu, 24 Oct 2002 23:29:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 23:29:05 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger To: Bryan Cassidy Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Whats the deal? Message-ID: <20021025062905.GC70503@vectors.cx> References: <20021025005639.507fd4a1.bryanc2000@insightbb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021025005639.507fd4a1.bryanc2000@insightbb.com> X-Editor: Vim 6.1 http://www.vim.org X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5 http://www.mutt.org X-PGP-Key: http://www.vectors.cx/pgp.key.txt X-URL: http://www.vectors.cx http://www.crackula.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 from ipfirewall(4): There is one rule that always exists, rule number 65535. This rule nor- mally causes all packets to be dropped. Hence, any packet which does not match a lower numbered rule will be dropped. However, a kernel compile time option IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT allows the administrator to change this fixed rule to permit everything. - -Adam >> (10.24.2002 @ 2256 PST): Bryan Cassidy said, in 1.7K: << > heres the deal. I have been using FreeBSD 4.6.2 for about a month or > so. I have used Linux for about 6 months now. I am very comfortable > with FreeBSD and wish to continue to use BSD. I have a very serious > problem. First I will tell you what I do from the beginning and what > changes I make. > > Install FreeBSD 4.6.2 - Everything goes fine > Configure X - Everything goes fine > Update ports - Everything goes fine > Install Fluxbox - > Everything goes fine startx - Everything goes fine > Install sylpheed,xchat,gaim,aterm, and a few other things - Everything goes > fine > > I then add the following to /etc/rc.conf > > firewall_enable="YES" > firewall_quiet="YES" > firewall_script="/etc/rc.firewall" > firewall_type="/etc/ipfw.acl" > > I add the following to /etc/ipfw.acl > > add 1000 allow ip from any to any > > I add the following to my kernel > > options IPFIREWALL > options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE > options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=10 > > and for sound support i add > > device pcm # Sound Support > > After all these changes are made I do reboot. After i reboot I use the > computer for a couple hours then NOTHING happens. I can't get on the > internet, no webpages will load, can't send e-mail, cant receive > e-mails. I don't know whats going on here. I am comfortable with Unix > but I am new in ways so if you have any ideas please explain them to > me. Please do not say do this. Please tell me how to do this and do > that. I am waiting on your e-mails right now.. > > I sent the same e-mail ealier in Windows cause I couldnt get online so > I am sending it again incase for some reason no one got it. I just got > doing a fresh install. I'm waiting. Thanks in advance > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> end of "Whats the deal?" from Bryan Cassidy << - -- Adam Weinberger adam@vectors.cx adamw@FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9uOSwo8KM2ULHQ/0RAhYoAJwPB8kc0OA2sd2zjURnOshA4wgapgCgmJcd PKumwhJ23JrQRrYm6kJApcg= =H1d8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message