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Date:      Mon, 27 Jul 1998 00:55:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com>
To:        Jesse <j@lumiere.net>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ipfw rules to allow DNS activity
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980727005011.23978A-100000@shell6.ba.best.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980727001106.118A-100000@leaf.lumiere.net>

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	Take a look at /etc/rc.firewall:

        # Allow DNS queries out in the world
        ipfw add pass udp from any 53 to ${ip}
        ipfw add pass udp from ${ip} to any 53

	You will need to enable same setup as above but for tcp for zone
	transfers (someone correct me if I am wrong).

	Also take a look at FreeBSD ipfw Configuration Page:
	http://www.metronet.com/~pgilley/freebsd/ipfw

-- Yan

Jan Koum                  jkb@best.com |  "Turn up the lights; I don't want
www.FreeBSD.org --  The Power to Serve |   to go home in the dark."
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On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Jesse wrote:

>
>Hi,
>
>I'm thinking of changing one of my boxes which is running bind (performing
>primary secondary DNS functions) from
>allow-anything-except-things-specifically-denied ipfw rules to
>deny-everything-except-things-specifically-allowed rules (open vs closed?
>hehe). Anyway, I was wondering what are the minimum rules necessary to
>allow DNS queries/transfers from other servers to my server, and also to
>allow queries from my server to other servers.
>
>I tried a variety of rules from the rc.firewall file, but it's still
>blocking some traffic, so there must be something I'm missing.
>
>Thanks! :)
>
>---
>Jesse <j@lumiere.net>
>http://www.lumiere.net/
>
>
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