Re: ipfw in > 2.0.31
Wolfgang Walter (wolfgang.walter@stusta.mhn.de)
Tue, 20 Jan 1998 20:15:08 +0100
On Tue, Jan 20, 1998 at 02:26:32PM +0100, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
>
> I have this problem I discovered a week ago or so.
>
> We use a linux machine as a firewall and router, doing some packet
> filtering. With 2.0.30 and before this worked just fine, but I discovered
> that lately (after upgrading to first a pre-2.0.31 and then to 2.0.33) the
> firewall doesnt seem to filter anything. The rules I see with ipfwadm -F
> -l doesnt imply letting some of this stuff through...
>
> Was there any changes in the firewall code after 2.0.30 causing this? Are
> there other people with 2.0.33 that have a large access list (30+ "rules)
> that have it working properly?
>
> Since I cannot find anything wrong with my "policy" I start to wonder if
> there is an OS error.
>
> The machine is a stripped RH 4.2 with 5 network cards, 3 NE2000 and two
> 3c905.
>
> Any confirmation about people running 2.0.33 with properly working
> firewall functionality is appreciated.
>
Just fine here with more than 30 rules (486 and 386, both with 2 NE2000
each). One of the machines is 2.0.33 with my NAT-implementation, the other
is just plain 2.0.33.
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> Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se
>
Wolfgang Walter