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Date:      Mon, 1 Jan 2007 17:38:13 +0300
From:      "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfw counters
Message-ID:  <cb5206420701010638n2eb7b521kba44f1bfd806f968@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <001901c72db0$4a343d20$6501a8c0@GRANT>
References:  <001901c72db0$4a343d20$6501a8c0@GRANT>

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On 1/1/07, Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> If I have rules like:
>
> 10215    0       0 count ip from any to 1.2.3.4 via em0
> 10215    0       0 count ip from 1.2.3.4 to any via em0
>
> in my ipfw rules, will the rules also count what is sent
> from those IPs to the localhost (127.0.0.1).?
>
> ((I am guessing NO, but wanted a second opinion).

127.0.0.1 should only be reachable via lo0, but I can
imagine a packet coming from em0 if you omit the usual
protection rules (see stock rc.firewall).



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