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Date:      Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:57:52 -0600
From:      Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com>
To:        Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfw And ping
Message-ID:  <4ED83EB0.4000909@tundraware.com>
In-Reply-To: <201112020256.pB22uFTL005227@mail.r-bonomi.com>
References:  <201112020256.pB22uFTL005227@mail.r-bonomi.com>

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On 12/01/2011 08:56 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote:
<SNIP>

> Similarly, I let the firewall respond to pings adressed to it's _external_
> interface, but silently drop anything addressed any further inside my
> network.  (If they can _reach_ my firewall, then a problem, whatever it
> is, *is* 'my problem' and that's all anybody on the outside needs to know,
> or to tell me, if reporting a problem. :)
>


I NAT behind the FW so they're not getting anywhere behind it...



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