ipfw fwd and ipfw allow

Victor Sudakov sudakov at sibptus.tomsk.ru
Tue Sep 7 11:00:43 UTC 2010


Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
> >Am I asking something unreasonable?
> 
> Not really, but if you ask, one could say that IPFW is a "first
> match wins" firewall, so a fwd or an allow action would be the
> terminal one. You must design your rules accordingly.
> 
> There is also the skipto action which can alter the way packets
> flow through the rules.
> 
> Could you describe in a conrete example what you're trying to
> achieve?

I want forwarded packets to create a dynamic "allow" rule. 

-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
sip:sudakov at sibptus.tomsk.ru


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