Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 20:53:13 -0700 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com> To: "Gabriel Ambuehl" <gabriel_ambuehl-fbquestions@buz.ch>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ipfw documentations, FAQs, tutorials? Message-ID: <01d201bfbeea$42c51460$0200000a@danco>
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>That's basically what I did as well (adapted to the daemons I need of >course) but for some reasons no daemons are accessible from my NT >desktop. If I change the profile back to OPEN, everything works as it >should, so it HAS to be an ipfw issue. Please post your /etc/rc.firewall file so we can see what's going on... >BTW: Is >$fwcmd add pass udp from any 53 to any > >not a security risk? Doesn't it allow one to connect from port 53 to >every port on the machine or did I understood something completely >wrong? No, it allows for port redirection. If you close it off, no computer behind the firewall can get DNS services (or receive a response)...Maybe there's a more secure way, but I can't find one that works... --Dan -- Dan O'Connor On Matters of Most Grave Concern http://www.mostgraveconcern.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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